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New research has it that evolution is a tinkerer, not an engineer. It echoes what Nobel laureate François Jacob famously

Tetrapods are four-limbed animals. Therefore the discovery of a “tetrapod-like” fish called Elpistostege is intriguing. The nearly complete fossil specimen

In a thought experiment of historian Yuval Noah Harari, a hypothetical government insists that every citizen should wear a biometric

“The Ministry of Silly Walks” is a sketch from a Monty Python comedy troupe’s TV episode. It is a jibe

These days we hear a lot about people affected by COVID-19 and also about people arrested for spreading misinformation on

Sometimes we need extreme measures to keep things at bay. And right now the world needs a “North-European Enclosure Dam”

Some elite Paralympic sprinters face an unsettling hurdle. Before stepping on the track in an authorised race, they need to

Sentience (“qualia”) is the ability to have subjective perceptual experiences. Scholars differentiate it from qualities such as creativity, intelligence and

Alcohol and tobacco don’t have the prerogative to generate diseases readily associated with drinking and smoking. At the same time,