Life
Meet the world’s first transhumanist politician
It's not necessarily a negative thing for us to become less human, says transhumanist politician Giuseppe Vatinno
Opinion
Humans
A brief history of the human genome
Features
Life
Seals use bioluminescence to hunt underwater prey
News
Life
Don’t junk the ‘junk DNA’ just yet
Opinion
Health
Evolution could explain the placebo effect
News
Health
Wealthy families obey economics rather than evolution
News
Life
The shape of life: Biology’s biggest mystery
Features
Health
Epigenetics gives clues to human cancer susceptibility
News
Environment
Slugs benefit from getting stabbed while having sex
News
Environment
Zoologger: Wood-eating shrimp from the ocean’s depths
Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the world
News
Earth
DNA could have existed long before life itself
News
Life
Glowing insects evolved surprisingly recently
News
Humans
Bonobo genius makes stone tools like early humans did
News
Humans
Interbreeding with Neanderthals, or simply breeding?
Opinion