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Evolution
Evolution: the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.Evolutionary processes give rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms, and molecules. Repeated formation of new species, change within species, and loss of species throughout the evolutionary history of life on Earth are demonstrated by shared sets of morphological and biochemical traits, including shared DNA sequences. These shared traits are more similar among species that share a more recent common ancestor, and can be used to reconstruct a biological "tree of life" based on evolutionary relationships, using both existing species and fossils.
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NOV 29, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature discusses the confirmation of an exoplanetary system based on data collected in 2020. ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 28, 2023Space & Astronomy
What is the weather like on water-rich exoplanets? This is something a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 22, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal discusses how observations from NASA’s Hubble ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 21, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Insulin regulates blood sugar, and it is made by cells in the pancreas called beta cells. Type 1 diabetes arises when so ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Astrophysical Journal Letters examines data provided by NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Spa ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 15, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how marine phytoplankton throug ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 15, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s most powerful telescope ever built, continues to dazzle with ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 14, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Astrophysical Journal Letters discusses how new data from NASA’s James Webb Space Tele ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 09, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature examines spectacular new data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) tha ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 06, 2023Genetics & Genomics
How did cats evolve into so many different species, like tigers, panthers, and domestic cats? A new study has explored c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2023Space & Astronomy
While en route to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft recently conducted a flyby of the asteroid ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 03, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are a kind of mobile genetic material; in nature, they can change places in within the ge ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
As our ancient human ancestors migrated out of Africa about 60,000 years ago, they encountered Denisovans, a subspecies ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy provides evidence for how the planet Venus might have once had plate tecton ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 26, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature attempts to examine a remarkable discovery regarding the existence of a molten silica ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 25, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature examines how diamonds found deep within the Earth could help scientists better unders ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 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 23, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Geochemical Perspectives Letters examines how the official birthdate of the Earth’s Mo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 16, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study scheduled to be presented at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023 meeting examines ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 16, 2023Genetics & Genomics
There are many health problems that can be traced back to errors in the genetic code. There are also many potential bene ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Sometimes, a cell just has to die; this might be because it becomes dysfunctional, worn out, or malignant. Other times, ...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, MScOCT 10, 2023Genetics & Genomics
In the past few years, the H5N1 bird flu has led to the deaths of millions of wild and farmed birds around the world. It ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2023Genetics & Genomics
While testing a new way to sequence genes, researchers stumbled upon a very rare divergence in the genetic code, which t ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature discusses the confirmation of an exoplanetary system based on data collected in 2020.
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 28, 2023
Space & Astronomy
What is the weather like on water-rich exoplanets? This is something a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 22, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal discusses how observations from NASA’s Hubble
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 21, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Insulin regulates blood sugar, and it is made by cells in the pancreas called beta cells. Type 1 diabetes arises when so
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Astrophysical Journal Letters examines data provided by NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Spa
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 15, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how marine phytoplankton throug
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 15, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s most powerful telescope ever built, continues to dazzle with
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 14, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Astrophysical Journal Letters discusses how new data from NASA’s James Webb Space Tele
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 09, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature examines spectacular new data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) tha
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 06, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
How did cats evolve into so many different species, like tigers, panthers, and domestic cats? A new study has explored c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2023
Space & Astronomy
While en route to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft recently conducted a flyby of the asteroid
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 03, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are a kind of mobile genetic material; in nature, they can change places in within the ge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
As our ancient human ancestors migrated out of Africa about 60,000 years ago, they encountered Denisovans, a subspecies
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy provides evidence for how the planet Venus might have once had plate tecton
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 26, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature attempts to examine a remarkable discovery regarding the existence of a molten silica
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 25, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature examines how diamonds found deep within the Earth could help scientists better unders
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
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 23, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Geochemical Perspectives Letters examines how the official birthdate of the Earth’s Mo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 16, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study scheduled to be presented at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023 meeting examines
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 16, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
There are many health problems that can be traced back to errors in the genetic code. There are also many potential bene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sometimes, a cell just has to die; this might be because it becomes dysfunctional, worn out, or malignant. Other times,
...
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
OCT 10, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
In the past few years, the H5N1 bird flu has led to the deaths of millions of wild and farmed birds around the world. It
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
While testing a new way to sequence genes, researchers stumbled upon a very rare divergence in the genetic code, which t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch