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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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APR 07, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
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APR 07, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organoids are miniature versions of human organs that are advancing the study of biology. These 3D structures are an exc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2018
Technology
Takahashi sees a role for his font as a bridge between Braille and other alphabets, particularly in public spaces servin
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAR 31, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have learned more about how viruses are able to change to fit into their environment; they use a previously u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Sea turtles use their flippers to swim around as they peruse the marine environment. On the other hand, new research pub
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have learned more about the skeleton of a neanderthal that was found about 100 years ago.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2018
Microbiology
With specially engineered cells, researchers tested an explanation for why the Last Universal Common Ancestor split into
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Exoplanetary research has been one of NASA’s forefront interests for ages, and it now seems that the European Spac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 13, 2018
Plants & Animals
During the late-Jurassic period, a winged dinosaur known to the scientific community as Archaeopteryx walked the Earth.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2018
Microbiology
Some viruses, called bacteriophages, can kill specific kinds of bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2018
Videos
When a woman is pregnant, there are dozens of changes to her body and her brain. Fathers, on the other hand, don't go th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 10, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our cells have specialized parts called organelles, and scientists have learned more about one of them, the Golgi appara
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2018
Microbiology
While unclear, it has been thought that photosynthetic organisms evolved around 2 billion years ago. New research has su
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is getting old, but astronomers continue using it to make breakthrough discoveries a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
As an animal evolves, it can sometimes fork into two separate species. Also known as speciation, this phenomenon depends
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 01, 2018
Technology
Smith works with a team of volunteers in the development of a lighter, cheaper and durable suit that he hopes will be co
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
FEB 28, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
New research by scientists at the Institut Pasteur has indicated that cells that are not dividing can acquire a certain
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2018
Neuroscience
There are many assessments of health that have definite parameters. We know what blood pressure numbers should be, heart
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 23, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a process called phagocytosis, a cell ingests another cell, and that is thought to be central to the development of c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
We are not talking about cracking open eggs and put them into hydrogen fuel cells (not even during Easter). Chemical res
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 21, 2018
Microbiology
Bioproduction, in which microbes are used to generate molecules like antibodies or therapeutics, is a technique that has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cuttlefish are extraordinary animals; they can transform in myriad ways. Scientists have learned more about the processe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
There is a well-known story about the domestication of the rabbit, but new research shows that it is probably false.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution had sounded an alarm on the state of microplastics,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 06, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
What was probably an accident at a pet store has perhaps led us to the plot of a terrible movie: mutant crayfish are poi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch