The evolution of language converted a defenceless naked ape into a world-dominating force. It fundamentally transformed how humans transmit information and knowledge.

Two monster tractors driven by boyracers, each towing a massive trailer, gun at high speed through the village, mounting the pavement I’m walking on.

Science may have enabled us to travel in space and trace the history of the entire universe, but it has not yet been able to answer exactly how and when life first arose on our planet, writes Holly Betts.

Scientific historians, using data collected via a platform developed at Trinity College Dublin, have today published a report suggesting that a single dimension of ‘social complexity’ measures the development of around 400 past societies that existed over the last 10,000 years

Richard Collins examines the possibilities for marine life should they evolve to leave the waters and come on land.

Climate change helped in the design of dogs, forging man’s best friend from a creature that was more like a cat, scientists have learned.