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In October, a paper titled “Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution” appeared in the top science journal Nature. The authors – a team led by Lee Cronin at the University of ...

The evolution of DNA evidence has changed the field of forensic science. But how powerful a tool is it for solving crimes? Learn the history of DNA evidence and how it is used today. While ubiquitous ...

On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...