Thyroid hormone, which helps warm-blooded animals regulate body temperature, also appears to put a halt on heart regeneration. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Excavations of stone tools left behind by nonhuman primates are illuminating the origins of technological innovation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Psychiatrist Randolph Nesse, one of the founders of evolutionary medicine, explains why natural selection did not rid our species of onerous psychiatric disorders -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
On the national park's 100th anniversary, a South African–born geologist recalls his first encounter with a spectacular natural wonder -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Researchers say they found evidence life began moving 2.1 billion years ago, but that contentious conclusion is far from certain -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Grandmothers can enhance the survival of grandchildren. That is, unless grandma’s too old or lives too far away. Karen Hopkin reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A new genetic study of Latin Americans provides evidence that gene variants for lighter skin color came about in Asia as well as in Europe. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com