Contrary to what you may have heard, humans are still very much evolving and natural selection plays a huge role in two recently discovered helpful mutations.

The only argument creationists have against speciation is deploying arbitrary taxonomical semantics.

A study of how proteins are encoded and translated across a dozen species shows that life on Earth had only one population of universal common ancestors.

Both brains and microchips try to find the most efficient way to conduct electrical signals. And that has a profound effect on how brains grow and evolve.

The first synthetically designed life form has been created in a proof of concept that shows how much we now understand about the fundamentals of microbial life.

Could babies show future robots the proper way to interact with other humans?

Years of studies show that humans may be born with an innate understanding of good and bad, and prefer being nice to others.

S.E. Cupp's profound insight: if liberals agree with the tenets of evolution, teaching science must be a conspiracy to destroy America.

Could the laws of physics step in to prevent attempts at radical life extension?

Deepak Chopra's fluffy quantum creationist woo has a new imitator and he's ready to disappoint readers with a buzzword salad of an essay.

Convergent evolution is a very real phenomenon, but how likely is it to apply across different worlds?

Nearly half the planet's living things could live deep under the surface, raising fascinating questions about how life got started on Earth and where else it could thrive in our solar system.

Many religious zealots homeschool their kids to stop them from learning about evolution. And thanks to some homeschooling textbook publishers, they have a helping hand in denying their kids a scientific education.

According to David Scharfenberg, Ken Miller is the only sane, rational person in the debate about how evolution should be taught, a debate led almost exclusively by foaming-at-the-mouth irrational extremists on both sides.

The Discovery Institute and its merry band of pseudoscientists seem to believe they can overturn the science of evolution by filibustering courts with meaningless buzzwords.