Evolution Articles

How reindeers keep their cool
With all the exercise reindeers supposedly get up to (think flying across the globe) how do they keep cool with such a well-insulating coat? Here’s the answer

EVEscape to the rescue: The AI tool predicting new virus strains before they evolve
The new AI technology, developed by the University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School, could help predict new viral outbreaks

Is violence an evolutionary trait?
Genetics could help explain patterns of violence in both sexes

Is our craving for comfort food thanks to society or evolution?
Constantly ordering Uber Eats? It’s science!

Evolutionary understanding takes flight thanks to baby bird fossil
A University of Manchester palaeontologist reveals the diversity of avian evolution using one of the smallest bird fossils ever discovered

100 million year old spider with tail found in fossil
An international team of researchers, including University of Manchester’s Dr Russell Garwood, find a fossil that suggests spiders used to have tails
Review: Why Evolution is True by Jerry A. Coyne
Jay Fagerberg recommends this rather small and unassuming book to the truly passionate evolution geek or the Hermione-esque student who wants to impress their teacher, as it is jam-packed with facts and features on the theory of evolution