A long-disputed rule in biology says bigger is better, but a new computer model illuminates why that’s not necessarily true. By Lauren Leffer Published Jan 18, 2024 11:45 AM EST Get the Popular ...

Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy straightforward explanation. From the jut of the human chin to the curve of the outer ...

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NAE Perspectives offer practitioners, scholars, and policy leaders a platform to comment on developments and issues relating to engineering. Randolph Nesse, MD, is a research professor of life ...