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 19, 2019
Neuroscience
NOV 19, 2019
Although we know how we hiccup, why has remained a mystery for some time, with researchers suggesting it to be an evolutionary hangover from when our ances...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
NOV 18, 2019
Cancer
NOV 18, 2019
New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that certain “hyperhotspots” in the human genome can be pinp...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 18, 2019
Microbiology
NOV 18, 2019
Even closely related bats may not have similar gut microbes, and these unusual mammals may not have the same relationship with their microbiome as other animals....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2019
Technology
NOV 13, 2019
Having an ant the size of a lion isn’t an impossible idea—at least through augmented reality. Watch this augmented reality zoo: What exactly is...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
NOV 11, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
NOV 11, 2019
Hydrogen is dubbed the clean energy of the future because its consumption leads to no carbon emission but only water. But things are not always what they s...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
NOV 04, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
NOV 04, 2019
After assessing the genomes of twenty species of butterflies, scientists were surprised to find that genes flow easily between them....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
NOV 03, 2019
New research reported in Nature has suggested that modern humans come from Southern Africa, where they lived for approximately 70,000 years....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
OCT 30, 2019
The need to assess a group of deadly neurotoxins without turning to animal-testing may soon be a possibility. A new animal-free testing technique was recen...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
OCT 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
OCT 25, 2019
Approximately 3.5 million people in the US have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Although various therapies are available to treat and manage the illness...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
OCT 23, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
OCT 23, 2019
Spadefoot toads are known to be shape-shifters; they can rapidly change their behavior and physiology to adapt to environmental changes....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
OCT 22, 2019
Scientists from Yale University have solved a mystery that has plagued scientists for decades. It’s well established that 66 million years ago, a mas...
WRITTEN BY:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 20, 2019
Microbiology
OCT 20, 2019
After observing unusual microorganisms that had been collected in Curaçao, researchers saw a strange thing....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2019
Earth & The Environment
OCT 18, 2019
Researchers from the University of New Hampshire have recently published a study in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters detailing the consequences...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 14, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
OCT 14, 2019
Around 4 billion years ago, scientists think that life arose, and they have been trying to learn more about how that happened...
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2019
Microbiology
OCT 09, 2019
Microorganisms are everywhere, and they are often engaged in a fight for resources with other microbes....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
OCT 09, 2019
This Tuesday, October 8th, the Nobel Prize committee announced the winners of this year's Physics Nobel. Canadian cosmologist James Peebles, alongside...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
OCT 07, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
OCT 07, 2019
Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research in London have discovered that a new type of drug that blocks treatment in cancers. The drug works by inhib...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
OCT 01, 2019
Neuroscience
OCT 01, 2019
Despite our increasing knowledge of the human brain, evolution and general biological processes, one thing has remained a mystery: why females orgasm. Now,...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
SEP 30, 2019
Microbiology
SEP 30, 2019
Scientists may have to start reclassifying viruses, according to new work that shows they can take on more forms than we thought....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
SEP 26, 2019
Dolphins, whales and porpoises are marine mammals; otherwise known as cetaceans. Although they live exclusively underwater nowadays, tens of millions of ye...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
SEP 20, 2019
Microbiology
SEP 20, 2019
An international team of scientists has identified strains of extensively drug-resistant Salmonella typhimurium....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2019
Microbiology
SEP 13, 2019
A team of scientists has found that bacteria can act like power lines, and send electrical currents over long distances....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2019
Microbiology
SEP 12, 2019
Streptococci are a group of Gram-positive microbes that include pathogens that can cause mild and serious infections....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2019
Health & Medicine
SEP 08, 2019
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a polio-like infection, caught the attention of physicians in the U.S. during late summer and early fall in 2014. The outbrea...
WRITTEN BY:
Dena Aruta
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