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Tree of life
In biology, the tree of life is a model and research tool used to explore the relationship networks and evolution of organisms. Using tree diagrams to map genealogical relationships dates back to the medieval era.
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FEB 14, 2025Earth & The Environment
What impact does climate change have on Colorado forests? This is what a recent report by the Colorado State Forest Serv ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 11, 2024Microbiology
While melting ice in the Arctic has revealed ancient microbes, there is a lake in Antarctica with levels of salt that ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are still debating exactly how and where humans fit on the evolutionary tree of great apes. A group of ancien ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
Do the impacts of deforestation go beyond the environment? What about human health, specifically the health of children? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 22, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Decorating a holiday tree is an essential part of the winter season for many people. But those trees can also spark a he ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2023Health & Medicine
the ripple effect of shared DNA information and how the choices of distant relatives impact the entire familial treeWritten By: Amielle MorenoNOV 19, 2023Earth & The Environment
Average temperatures are changing in many places, including the United States, and plants that were once icons of the So ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2023Microbiology
Mycena fungi are more commonly known as bonnet mushrooms, and they survive by consuming dead trees and plants. New resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in The Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical Physical and Engineerin ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 28, 2023Earth & The Environment
Earthquakes happen on faults, areas where two blocks of rock are fractured, and which allow movement to occur between th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2023Earth & The Environment
Some scientists have suggested that a sixth mass extinction is underway on Earth. A new study has confirmed those findin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2023Earth & The Environment
Hurricane Hilary, which is now Tropical Storm Hilary, is the first tropical storm to affect Southern California in more ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Pycnogenol is essentially a nutritional supplement derived from French maritime pine bark extract, and it has been the s ...Written By: Greta AnneJUN 19, 2023Genetics & Genomics
In the 1970s, an entirely new group of organisms that were not bacterial or eukaryotic was discovered - archaea. Some ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2023Genetics & Genomics
DNA from the Nama people (photo by Justin Myrick-Tarrant) helped researchers develop a new theory of human evolution.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2023Earth & The Environment
What future impacts will drought have on the Amazon rainforest due to climate change? This is something that a team of a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 26, 2023Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities recently published two studies in Science that help shed might on ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 19, 2023Plants & Animals
Climate change affects various aspects of the planet and human life. One of the most frequently affected areas includes ...Written By: Ryan VingumFEB 12, 2023Earth & The Environment
February 12 has come to be known as Darwin Day. In honor of this day, here's a look at how Darwin's ideas evolved.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattJAN 18, 2023Plants & Animals
Fire is everywhere, from stoves and heaters to grills, fun-smelling candles, fireplaces, and portable pocket lighters. H ...Written By: Mandy WoodsJAN 18, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Most animals are covered in hair, so why do some, like humans, have so much less than all the rest even though we still ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 25, 2022Cancer
In 1961, Jacques Miller discovered the function of the thymus, a lymphatic organ that houses important immune cells as t ...Written By: Katie KokolusDEC 18, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, an international team of researchers led by the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 08, 2022Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, scientists have recovered sediment containing 2-million-year-old DNA, shattering the previous 'oldes ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What impact does climate change have on Colorado forests? This is what a recent report by the Colorado State Forest Serv
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 11, 2024
Microbiology
While melting ice in the Arctic has revealed ancient microbes, there is a lake in Antarctica with levels of salt that ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are still debating exactly how and where humans fit on the evolutionary tree of great apes. A group of ancien
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Do the impacts of deforestation go beyond the environment? What about human health, specifically the health of children?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 22, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Decorating a holiday tree is an essential part of the winter season for many people. But those trees can also spark a he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2023
Health & Medicine
the ripple effect of shared DNA information and how the choices of distant relatives impact the entire familial tree
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
NOV 19, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Average temperatures are changing in many places, including the United States, and plants that were once icons of the So
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2023
Microbiology
Mycena fungi are more commonly known as bonnet mushrooms, and they survive by consuming dead trees and plants. New resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in The Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical Physical and Engineerin
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 28, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Earthquakes happen on faults, areas where two blocks of rock are fractured, and which allow movement to occur between th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Some scientists have suggested that a sixth mass extinction is underway on Earth. A new study has confirmed those findin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Hurricane Hilary, which is now Tropical Storm Hilary, is the first tropical storm to affect Southern California in more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Pycnogenol is essentially a nutritional supplement derived from French maritime pine bark extract, and it has been the s
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
JUN 19, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
In the 1970s, an entirely new group of organisms that were not bacterial or eukaryotic was discovered - archaea. Some ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
DNA from the Nama people (photo by Justin Myrick-Tarrant) helped researchers develop a new theory of human evolution.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2023
Earth & The Environment
What future impacts will drought have on the Amazon rainforest due to climate change? This is something that a team of a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 26, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities recently published two studies in Science that help shed might on
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 19, 2023
Plants & Animals
Climate change affects various aspects of the planet and human life. One of the most frequently affected areas includes
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 12, 2023
Earth & The Environment
February 12 has come to be known as Darwin Day. In honor of this day, here's a look at how Darwin's ideas evolved.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
JAN 18, 2023
Plants & Animals
Fire is everywhere, from stoves and heaters to grills, fun-smelling candles, fireplaces, and portable pocket lighters. H
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
JAN 18, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Most animals are covered in hair, so why do some, like humans, have so much less than all the rest even though we still
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2022
Cancer
In 1961, Jacques Miller discovered the function of the thymus, a lymphatic organ that houses important immune cells as t
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
DEC 18, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, an international team of researchers led by the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, scientists have recovered sediment containing 2-million-year-old DNA, shattering the previous 'oldes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch