A staged legal proceeding in a small town became the catalyst for a century of culture wars.

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Bethany Kolody prepares water samples aboard the NOAAS Ronald H. Brown, during the P18 GO-SHIP voyage from Easter Island to Antarctica in the Sout ...

Scientists have sequenced the complete genome of a roundworm used extensively in biological research, opening a new pathway ...

In 1925, a teacher deliberately broke a law stating that evolution could not be taught in Tennessee classrooms. His trial ...

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Mental shortcuts that once aided survival frequently lead us astray in today’s complex, data-saturated world. Cognitive ...

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With the theory of evolution, the cell theory is the most important generalization in biology. There is, however, a missing link between these theories that prevents an even more general and ...

Researchers developed a way to run tests on fish learning and memory in the animals' natural environments. The results may reveal that fish are smarter than previously assumed.