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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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SEP 18, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in Physical Review Letters highlights the development of an approach to observe time-dependent cha ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists can use advanced genomics techniques to mine samples for all the genetic material they contain.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Most humans carry the same genes in their genome, but how are genes expressed differently in men and women?Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2020Plants & Animals
Using an evolutionary map and CT (computed tomography) scans, an international team of researchers has identified eleven ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found evidence that humans in Europe gained the ability to metabolize the lactose, the sugar in milk, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2020Technology
Can math tell us about the gender differences in dinosaurs? A new study published a novel statistical analysis that esti ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2020Cancer
One of the hallmarks of evolution is the oxidative phosphorylation metabolic system. Not only does it produce energy in ...Written By: Jasper CantrellSEP 03, 2020Cardiology
Have you ever felt your blood pressure rise when you get angry or stressed? Well, this phenomenon is unique in that it l ...Written By: Jasper CantrellSEP 01, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Gas bubbles are fascinating, playful objects in children's eyes. In fact, they play an essential role in many indust ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 27, 2020Microbiology
Organisms rely on a biological fuel known as ATP, which provides the energy for many processes. In cellular respiration, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are revealing more about the critical functios of the cerebellum, which is Latin for "little brain."Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2020Chemistry & Physics
DNA, whose signature double helix structure scored Watson and Crick (and Frankland presumably according to many) a Nobel ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 13, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A staggering 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will develop an aggressive form of breast cancer in their lifetime, making it the ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 12, 2020Earth & The Environment
Warnings about an "insect apocalypse" have been making headlines in ecology and conservation news in the past ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from Oxford University have shown that a single gene can make some strains of Staphylococcus aureus (the bact ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 11, 2020Neuroscience
By selectively breeding zebrafish, researchers from the Max Planck Institute have found that distinct personality traits ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 11, 2020Microbiology
While we can exert a degree of control over our surroundings, we still share the world and our bodies with microbes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2020Earth & The Environment
Scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa report heightened concerns over the ecological impacts of deep-seab ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 09, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides evidence that the currents in the Gulf Stream are slowing down. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Microbes ruled the ancient world, and complex animals trace back to those unicellular organisms.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have data that can finally settle a long controversy in the birding world.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2020Plants & Animals
In a year of extremes, researchers have also unveiled a new record-breaking animal—the highest dwelling mammal on ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 02, 2020Space & Astronomy
Astronomers were studying a massive star in the Kinman Dwarf Galaxy from 2001 to 2011. When they went back in 2019 to lo ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in Physical Review Letters highlights the development of an approach to observe time-dependent cha
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists can use advanced genomics techniques to mine samples for all the genetic material they contain.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Most humans carry the same genes in their genome, but how are genes expressed differently in men and women?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2020
Plants & Animals
Using an evolutionary map and CT (computed tomography) scans, an international team of researchers has identified eleven
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found evidence that humans in Europe gained the ability to metabolize the lactose, the sugar in milk, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2020
Technology
Can math tell us about the gender differences in dinosaurs? A new study published a novel statistical analysis that esti
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2020
Cancer
One of the hallmarks of evolution is the oxidative phosphorylation metabolic system. Not only does it produce energy in
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
SEP 03, 2020
Cardiology
Have you ever felt your blood pressure rise when you get angry or stressed? Well, this phenomenon is unique in that it l
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
SEP 01, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Gas bubbles are fascinating, playful objects in children's eyes. In fact, they play an essential role in many indust
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 27, 2020
Microbiology
Organisms rely on a biological fuel known as ATP, which provides the energy for many processes. In cellular respiration,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are revealing more about the critical functios of the cerebellum, which is Latin for "little brain."
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
DNA, whose signature double helix structure scored Watson and Crick (and Frankland presumably according to many) a Nobel
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 13, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A staggering 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will develop an aggressive form of breast cancer in their lifetime, making it the
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 12, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Warnings about an "insect apocalypse" have been making headlines in ecology and conservation news in the past
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from Oxford University have shown that a single gene can make some strains of Staphylococcus aureus (the bact
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 11, 2020
Neuroscience
By selectively breeding zebrafish, researchers from the Max Planck Institute have found that distinct personality traits
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 11, 2020
Microbiology
While we can exert a degree of control over our surroundings, we still share the world and our bodies with microbes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Scientists at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa report heightened concerns over the ecological impacts of deep-seab
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 09, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides evidence that the currents in the Gulf Stream are slowing down.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microbes ruled the ancient world, and complex animals trace back to those unicellular organisms.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have data that can finally settle a long controversy in the birding world.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
In a year of extremes, researchers have also unveiled a new record-breaking animal—the highest dwelling mammal on
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 02, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers were studying a massive star in the Kinman Dwarf Galaxy from 2001 to 2011. When they went back in 2019 to lo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch