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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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MAY 30, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that deadly kidney cancers can be identified by assessing their evolutionary path, which is diffe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2018Plants & Animals
Unraveling the mysteries of prehistoric life on Earth can be a daunting task. Researchers often derive clues from uneart ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2018Plants & Animals
After analyzing 42 different sites scattered throughout the Neotropics, researchers from the University of Stirling disc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 28, 2018Space & Astronomy
New Horizons flew past Pluto almost three years ago, giving planetary scientists their closest look yet at one of the mo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 24, 2018Cardiology
The development of the Zebrafish has revealed the blueprint for the chambers of our human heart. The discovery has revea ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 24, 2018Microbiology
Scientists have recently learned more about HIV by studying the evolutionary race between a virus and an anti-viral prot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
As the lens forms during development, its cells have to degrade some of their own parts.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 18, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Some say that eating insects is the way of the future. It was also probably the way of the past.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Scientists constructed a three-dimensional molecule that could replicate genetic material in an effort to learn more abo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2018Plants & Animals
While many recognize red as the traditional color of blood, you might be surprised to learn that a handful of lizards sp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 16, 2018Microbiology
Researchers isolated a supercomplex that acts as a kind of battery and helps generate energy for bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2018Technology
NASA Studies Astrobiology: Life on Earth and ElsewhereWritten By: Julia TraversMAY 15, 2018Plants & Animals
Gauging how warmer climate impacts a particular species can be a challenging task, but researchers from the Max Planck I ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 08, 2018Plants & Animals
Chimpanzees and humans are closely related, and consequently, researchers have long thought that there might be a connec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 08, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about the microbes that we carry in and on our bodies, and how they impact our health.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2018Plants & Animals
Researchers have long wondered why so many bird species fly such extended distances during their migration patterns, but ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 04, 2018Chemistry & Physics
In the few months before his passing, the legendary physicist Stephen Hawking was working Prof Thomas Hertog from KU Leu ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 03, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
In accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO), antibiotic-resistant pathogens may soon become a public health c ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 02, 2018Genetics & Genomics
A research team has learned more about the genes that influence our hair color.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
A new field that is growing in popularity is palaeoproteomics, the study of ancient proteins.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 23, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
The transcriptome of each cell in a planarian has been catalogued and made into a freely accessible database.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
Perhaps you didn’t know that the United States of America is separated by a long, invisible line down it’s c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 16, 2018Microbiology
We share the planet, and our bodies with untold numbers of microbial species that exert a significant influence on our w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long wondered about the role of junk DNA, vast amounts of repetitive genetic material in our genomes th ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that deadly kidney cancers can be identified by assessing their evolutionary path, which is diffe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2018
Plants & Animals
Unraveling the mysteries of prehistoric life on Earth can be a daunting task. Researchers often derive clues from uneart
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2018
Plants & Animals
After analyzing 42 different sites scattered throughout the Neotropics, researchers from the University of Stirling disc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 28, 2018
Space & Astronomy
New Horizons flew past Pluto almost three years ago, giving planetary scientists their closest look yet at one of the mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 24, 2018
Cardiology
The development of the Zebrafish has revealed the blueprint for the chambers of our human heart. The discovery has revea
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 24, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have recently learned more about HIV by studying the evolutionary race between a virus and an anti-viral prot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
As the lens forms during development, its cells have to degrade some of their own parts.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 18, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Some say that eating insects is the way of the future. It was also probably the way of the past.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists constructed a three-dimensional molecule that could replicate genetic material in an effort to learn more abo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2018
Plants & Animals
While many recognize red as the traditional color of blood, you might be surprised to learn that a handful of lizards sp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 16, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers isolated a supercomplex that acts as a kind of battery and helps generate energy for bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2018
Technology
NASA Studies Astrobiology: Life on Earth and Elsewhere
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAY 15, 2018
Plants & Animals
Gauging how warmer climate impacts a particular species can be a challenging task, but researchers from the Max Planck I
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2018
Plants & Animals
Chimpanzees and humans are closely related, and consequently, researchers have long thought that there might be a connec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about the microbes that we carry in and on our bodies, and how they impact our health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2018
Plants & Animals
Researchers have long wondered why so many bird species fly such extended distances during their migration patterns, but
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 04, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
In the few months before his passing, the legendary physicist Stephen Hawking was working Prof Thomas Hertog from KU Leu
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 03, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
In accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO), antibiotic-resistant pathogens may soon become a public health c
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 02, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
A research team has learned more about the genes that influence our hair color.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new field that is growing in popularity is palaeoproteomics, the study of ancient proteins.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
The transcriptome of each cell in a planarian has been catalogued and made into a freely accessible database.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Perhaps you didn’t know that the United States of America is separated by a long, invisible line down it’s c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 16, 2018
Microbiology
We share the planet, and our bodies with untold numbers of microbial species that exert a significant influence on our w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long wondered about the role of junk DNA, vast amounts of repetitive genetic material in our genomes th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch