Science News

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• Stone Age Brains and the Adapting Mind

  Our Stone Age brains have evolved since the Neolithic began.

• 100 Unanswered Questions About Ourselves, Our World and Our Universe

  We asked 100 scientists about unsolved problems in their fields. They sent back provocations -- on the origins of life, the possibilities for human progress and much more.

• Evolutionary Biology Turns the Genome Upside Down

  Why does the scientific establishment cling to a narrative so deeply at odds with itself?

• Scientists discover a human brain gene that can jump through DNA

  Called BC200, the gene evolved millions of years ago from a mobile piece of DNA known as a transposon, but unlike most genes that arose this way, it never lost its mobility.

• Brainy Bees Solve Pollen Problem

  The uncanny abilities of the honeybee cause entomologists to shake their heads in wonder.