Multiple sclerosis (MS) is yet another chronic often devastating disease for which cause is not known.  Some epidemiological studies sugge...

It's not exactly a secret that we are very skeptical about what we believe is the hyper-geneticizing of life, both in terms of what we t...

It's rather surprising that authors of a commentary ("Genetics: Noise rules") for a major science journal ( Nature ) feel the ...

A new report on cancer incidence and mortality in the UK, described on the Guardian website, suggests that 40% of cancers in women and 45% i...

Nicola Clayton, zoologist and Professor of Comparative Cognition in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge...

Carl Zimmer's articles in the New York Times are usually a treat.  Indeed, he's one of the best science journalists around.  But his...

This month's Carnival of Evolution is up over at The Ocelloid , on the Scientific American blog site.  Evolutionary tales from many ang...