Humans
What makes us altruistic 鈥� and what’s it good for?
Two new books use the latest brain science to figure out what makes us behave selflessly 鈥� and also suggest practical steps for encouraging it
Culture
Mice evolve better, not bigger, balls in sperm race
News
Life
Tape of life may not always be random
News
Health
Mice evolve better, not bigger, balls in sperm race
News
Humans
Human ancestors got a grip on tools 3 million years ago
News
Health
Shoes vs barefoot: The myth of the normal foot
Features
Life
See chicken develop on drugs through a cracked eggshell
Regulars
Humans
Zoologger: Spider has sex, then chews off own genitals
News
Life
Adapt first, mutate later: Is evolution out of order?
Features
Life
Ancient sea scorpion shows off its land legs
The intact fossil of a new scorpion species shows that the animals could have evolved for life on land earlier than thought
Regulars
Life
Lizard penises evolve super-fast
News
Environment
Human brains have a groovy feature that chimps’ don’t
News
Health
I’m tapping the housefly’s genome to fight disease
Opinion
Environment
Talking gibbonish: Deciphering the banter of the apes
Features