Because we needed to keep a running tally of friends and foes to navigate thorny hierarchies and shifting alliances, we had to have brains that were up to the task (which is why this theory is also ...

In an open letter published Thursday in Science, a group of 18 scientists called for a new investigation into the origin of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, arguing that “theories of accidental ...

This work not only challenges part of the Snowball Earth hypothesis, but also implies that these glacial episodes were not as intense as previously suggested. Moreover, this data is consistent with ...

The hypothesis that COVID-19 originated from a Chinese laboratory, rather than a naturally occurring jump from animals to human beings, received a major boost over the weekend. The Wall Street Journal ...

Oceanographers have analyzed data from an iron-fertilization experiment in the Southern Ocean. Unfortunately most of the carbon from lush plankton blooms, both artificially fertilized and natural, ...

Ever hear the terms “fat,” “protein,” and “carbohydrate”? That’s because of William Prout. Born in 1785, he was the first person in history to figure out the basic components of foodstuffs. A ...

Explore the implications of the intelligent design hypothesis in modern science and its historical context, as evolution diverges from supernatural claims. How could the act of invoking something so ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...