Caught you!

It is now possible to detect the most inconspicuous mutants -- even those having only slight aberrations

Pressure play

If stress can reactivate latent viruses in mice, it can have the same effect in humans, say American scientists

Tales in stone

Palaeontologists have found what they had been looking for: a near-perfect dinosaur fossil from the Jurassic Age. They might finally be able to …

New blood in old veins

As if by magic, scientists turn brain cells into blood: an achievement that could let cells develop their own tissues

One big family

As we peek into our past, the number of our ancestors seems to double in every generation. For every human being has two parents, four …

The adventure of evolution

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Can amphibians tackle climate change?

Evolution: why it seems to have a direction and what to expect next

A dominant, intelligent species like humans will always be bad news for many of the other species on the planets where they evolve

Outstanding grain

The aromatic enigma makes basmati a clear winner among grains. The lack of knowledge of what traditional basmati is and an inability to take …

Pike sense

Advanced ancestry

Fresh research advances the date of human ancestors

Atlantis

New hepatitis virus

Soft fangs

A rebel sponge prefers to be a carnivore instead of filtering its food from seawater

Stroked by genes

Swinging both ways

Early human ‘Lucy’ walked but was good at climbing trees too

When the whales took to water

Fresh evidence supports a long-held belief that whales evolved from land mammals

Lighting hazards

Eavesdropping on animals via satellite

Technological advances allow biologists to sit in their labs and monitor animal movements.

Making 'em say yes

Rise and fall of a pathogen

How did tuberculosis cease to be a deadly killer in the West?

SOUTH AFRICA

Demystifying migraine

Brain scaps lift a little the veils off throbbing headaches

Right rhythm

Genetic vaccine