The evolution of the so-called dread risk response has been explained by new research. People often respond to low-probability, high-consequence events like terror attacks or nuclear accidents with a ...

More than 200 years after the birth of Charles Darwin, the debate about God and evolution shows no signs of abating. Voices loud and soft continue to read Darwin’s science as if it were irreconcilable ...

A long-disputed rule in biology says bigger is better, but a new computer model illuminates why that’s not necessarily true. By Lauren Leffer Published Jan 18, 2024 11:45 AM EST Get the Popular ...

The Brexit vote caught most elite observers by surprise and has spurred a flurry of talk of further possible defections from the EU. But one person who was not so surprised was Peter Turchin, an ...

A new study challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture, and ...

A new Yale study sheds light on the process by which humans detect flavor, and indicates that the design of the upper human airway might have developed as an evolutionary safeguard against consumption ...

There's no denying it and now science may support it: men love big butts. According to a study highlighted in Medical Daily, a team of researchers at Turkey's Bilkent University found further evidence ...

Host Rachel Martin speaks with NPR's Shankar Vedantam about the psychology behind the fiscal cliff negotiations. Vedantam says humans evolved as short-term thinkers, which makes dealing with the ...

On the face of it, there’s no reason not to dissect religion with the same tools used to pick apart animal behavior. Why can’t we ask how religion evolved? What’s wrong with trying to figure out ...

“Evolution makes its appeal to reason, but its acceptance does not mean the abasement, let alone the denial, of emotion, faith, and religion.” When there is talk of evolution among laymen it is ...

One of the world's most important fossils has a story to tell about the brain evolution of modern humans and their ancestors, according to new research. The Taung fossil -- the first australopithecine ...

This is a partial transcript of "The Big Story With John Gibson," May 6, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Joining me now is the executive director of the National Center for Science Education, ...