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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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DEC 24, 2018Plants & Animals
There exist a bevy of ways that an animal species can be driven to evolve, but one of the more controversial methods of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 21, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Red wolves were thought to be extinct in the wild and were listed as such in 1980. Researchers have now found red wolf D ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2018Videos
It may be possible to swab a dog's cheek and do a genetic test to see if it would make a good service dog.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in Cell, research at Northwestern University School of Medicine has involved scientists discov ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 15, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Neanderthal heads are almost football-shaped, while modern humans have much rounder brains and skulls.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2018Videos
Learn more about how genetics and bioinformatics techniques are helping researchers to understand how microbes adapt, su ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2018Health & Medicine
Lalochezia is an emotional relief obtained by spewing vulgar language, and science suggests that swearing regularly coul ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 11, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that some dust contains high amounts of a common antimicrobial agent called triclosan.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2018Plants & Animals
Animals of all kinds change their behavior to adapt to urbanized settings, and tungara frogs are no different. New resea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 10, 2018Plants & Animals
With as much excavating as paleontologists do, it’s no surprise that they’re always happening upon new fossi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 08, 2018Genetics & Genomics
An international team of European researchers has discovered a new strain of the bacteria that causes plague.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2018Microbiology
Researchers may have found a great new way to study tags that are added to the genome, which change how genes are expres ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2018Videos
This informative video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines the problem of antibiotic resistance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2018Neuroscience
Identifying the connection between the brain size to smartness has become much more plausible due to accuracy in estimat ...Written By: Aswini KannegantiNOV 28, 2018Plants & Animals
Interspecific mutualism – when two different animal species depend on one another for survival – can be foun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, scientists have created microbes that incorporate new nucleotide bases and new amino acids.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2018Microbiology
There are some well-known bacterial pathogens that can present a major threat to health, but a lesser-known microbe may ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2018Neuroscience
Perceptual choice behavior, taking action based on the information received from the senses is often described by mathem ...Written By: Aswini KannegantiNOV 26, 2018Neuroscience
The negative reaction to certain foods when encountering a food due to adverse post ingestion consequences is called Con ...Written By: Aswini KannegantiNOV 24, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Our world hosts some incredible organisms, some of which might help people create treatments for disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2018Plants & Animals
Defecation is a natural process that occurs in all living animals. The majority deposit fecal matter in the shape of rou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 15, 2018Cardiology
As pacemakers are now used for a wide range of heart conditions, most of us know someone who has this life-saving medica ...Written By: Abbie ArceNOV 15, 2018Genetics & Genomics
As the world's population grows, plant scientists know that the race is on to develop technologies that will help feed e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2018Health & Medicine
The post-industrialized world may have increased our standard of living, but a new study suggests that it may have also ...Written By: Aleishia Harris-Arnold
DEC 24, 2018
Plants & Animals
There exist a bevy of ways that an animal species can be driven to evolve, but one of the more controversial methods of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 21, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Red wolves were thought to be extinct in the wild and were listed as such in 1980. Researchers have now found red wolf D
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2018
Videos
It may be possible to swab a dog's cheek and do a genetic test to see if it would make a good service dog.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in Cell, research at Northwestern University School of Medicine has involved scientists discov
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 15, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Neanderthal heads are almost football-shaped, while modern humans have much rounder brains and skulls.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2018
Videos
Learn more about how genetics and bioinformatics techniques are helping researchers to understand how microbes adapt, su
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2018
Health & Medicine
Lalochezia is an emotional relief obtained by spewing vulgar language, and science suggests that swearing regularly coul
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 11, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that some dust contains high amounts of a common antimicrobial agent called triclosan.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
Animals of all kinds change their behavior to adapt to urbanized settings, and tungara frogs are no different. New resea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
With as much excavating as paleontologists do, it’s no surprise that they’re always happening upon new fossi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 08, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
An international team of European researchers has discovered a new strain of the bacteria that causes plague.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers may have found a great new way to study tags that are added to the genome, which change how genes are expres
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2018
Videos
This informative video from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines the problem of antibiotic resistance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2018
Neuroscience
Identifying the connection between the brain size to smartness has become much more plausible due to accuracy in estimat
...
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
NOV 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Interspecific mutualism – when two different animal species depend on one another for survival – can be foun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, scientists have created microbes that incorporate new nucleotide bases and new amino acids.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2018
Microbiology
There are some well-known bacterial pathogens that can present a major threat to health, but a lesser-known microbe may
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2018
Neuroscience
Perceptual choice behavior, taking action based on the information received from the senses is often described by mathem
...
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
NOV 26, 2018
Neuroscience
The negative reaction to certain foods when encountering a food due to adverse post ingestion consequences is called Con
...
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
NOV 24, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Our world hosts some incredible organisms, some of which might help people create treatments for disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2018
Plants & Animals
Defecation is a natural process that occurs in all living animals. The majority deposit fecal matter in the shape of rou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 15, 2018
Cardiology
As pacemakers are now used for a wide range of heart conditions, most of us know someone who has this life-saving medica
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
NOV 15, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
As the world's population grows, plant scientists know that the race is on to develop technologies that will help feed e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2018
Health & Medicine
The post-industrialized world may have increased our standard of living, but a new study suggests that it may have also
...
Written By:
Aleishia Harris-Arnold