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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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FEB 14, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are frequently associated with being large chucks of rocks and nothing else. However, a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Did black holes exist in the early universe, and what role did they play? This is what a recent study published in The A
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 26, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How do solar systems form, and are these formation mechanisms similar across the universe? This is what a recent study p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 26, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
What is the last common ancestor of all plants and animals? Where did complex life come from and when? Scientists have b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2024
Microbiology
The human gut microbiome has a huge influence on human health, and impacts us in many different ways. While the composit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 12, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have determined that humans probably started practicing agriculture about 10,000 years ago. WIth those change
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Enhanced climate change brings increased temperatures, along with wildfires and more severe storms, but what kind of an
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 08, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did our solar system form and is this process similar in other solar systems throughout the universe? This is what a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 28, 2023
Immunology
New technologies are rapidly transforming the way scientists study disease, particularly cancer. Due to unique biologica
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
DEC 27, 2023
Microbiology
Mitochondria are very well known as the powerhouses of the cell. Generally speaking, all eukaryotes, including plants, f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The Earth is thought to have formed about 4.5 billion years ago. While life may have arisen about half a billion years l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Did galaxies produce stars in the early universe? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hop
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 04, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Can planets form under extreme conditions, such as high levels of ultraviolet radiation? This is something a recent stud
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 04, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Science examines exoplanet LHS 3154b that orbits its parent star in just 3.7 days but is 13.
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 04, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacterial cells are far simpler than animal cells - bacterial cells don't even have membrane-bound organelles like m
...
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