Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head.

Survival of the fittest. Nature red in tooth and claw. The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out-compete its rivals and is thus passed ...

Abstract: Parallel testing, which uses different test forms to assess examinees, is a necessary and important technique in both educational and psychometric assessments. A key but challenging problem ...

The marine bristleworm Platynereis dumerilii. Picture of a mature female. Credit: Florian Raible A ring of light-responsive stem cells helps bristleworms continually expand their eyes, offering an ...

A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue to grow throughout life – driven by a ring of ...

Fish transitioning from marine to freshwater habitats is a complex adaptive journey involving multiple polygenic traits. This parallel evolution of rapid freshwater adaptation, scientists note, ...

Though she didn't pick up the victory at WWE Evolution, Trish Stratus' match against Tiffany Stratton for Stratton's WWE Women's Championship match was largely considered to be a success, with Stratus ...

Brad LaCour is a Senior List Writer for Collider. Based out of Los Angeles, California, Brad lives close enough to the stars but is too busy to find out where exactly they live. Brad is fairly certain ...

On a typical day in logistics operations across America, the choreography of moving goods remains stubbornly analog. Emails ping back and forth, phones ring constantly, and printers churn out ...

Cichlid fishes have attracted attention from a wide range of biologists because of their extensive species diversification at the ecological and phenotypic levels. In this important study, the authors ...

It’s important that Indiana State University provides a forum to remember one of its most influential alums and his mission for truth. An audience in Tilson Auditorium on Tuesday evening heard Jim ...