The molecular clock theory posits that genetic changes happen steadily and gradually, offering a reliable means for peering into the past and theorizing when complex life first emerged. However, there ...

The Hemi V8 is an American icon, no matter what vehicle it’s in. When Ram brought it back after a brief hiatus, nobody was surprised when it sold like hotcakes. We even enjoyed it in our recent test ...

Environmental change doesn’t affect evolution in a single, predictable way. In large-scale computer simulations, scientists discovered that some fluctuating conditions help populations evolve higher ...

After a merciful lack of hurricanes in the U.S. and an unusually quiet Gulf of Mexico, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season wasn’t too memorable in Louisiana. But the season will be remembered for ...

That Thing Got a Hemi? If you missed the news, Ram took the Hemi out of the new Ram 1500 last year only to put it back this year. Why? A decade of product planning decisions at parent company ...

The 2025 hurricane season produced a near-average number of storms but was considered lucky for U.S. coastal residents. Despite fewer storms, the season saw powerful hurricanes, including three ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...

Bears look like textbook mammals, but hidden in their evolutionary history are two dramatic departures from the standard blueprint of growth and adaptation. For the first time, scientists have ...

Back in April, scientists read the tea leaves — or, more accurately, heaps of data — and predicted an above-average hurricane season over the summer and autumn, with nine or 10 named storms, four of ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was described as powerful and unique. Hurricane Melissa acted like a "30-mile wide top-end tornado." New this year was the use of AI in making hurricane forecasts.