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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 05, 2018Plants & Animals
Spiders, love them or hate them, can be found all around the globe today. On the other hand, discovering some of the ear ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2018Genetics & Genomics
At some point organisms changed, and grew from a single cell into one made up of many cells. But how that happened is no ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Every time cells divide, billions of letters of the genetic code have to be copied, so few mistakes slip through the mac ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Organisms that live on the edges of existence, extremophiles, provide some insight into evolution and metabolism, and ma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Research shows how a bacterial pathogen that is resistant to antibiotics could potentially gain the ability to produce a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2018Videos
An AI tool called Volume (volume.gl) is "reimagining" 2D images in 3D space. It analyzes a flat image, processes the pix ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 24, 2018Plants & Animals
If you were to look at any horse’s foot today, you’d find a lone hoof rather than many toes. On the other ha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 22, 2018Cancer
The team expresses the need for there to be larger studies at this point into the new blood test and says these studies ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 22, 2018Cardiology
What used to be a devastating event can now be treated or even prevented. With techniques to manage strokes and the bloo ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 22, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Synthetic biology is a growing field of research that is aiming to create a new kind of organism.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2018Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long understood the correlation between volcanic eruptions that trigger landslides. But recent research ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 18, 2018Technology
Wi-Fiber won "Best in Show" in the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) "Smart City" category for its Intelli-Platform a ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 18, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers used a totally new approach to solve a biological mystery.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2018Space & Astronomy
Some cosmic objects are so far away that even the most powerful space-based observatories can’t discern them clear ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Montana researchers have discovered an extreme change in bacteria that lived within cic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2018Videos
Both female and male hyenas have nearly identical-looking genitalia, but only because females disguise their sex organs ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 08, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reveals that the chronic infections that impact CF patients may be vulnerable to some classes of antibiotics.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2017Microbiology
Not all genetic mutations are harmful; some have no effect at all, and sometimes they might even be helpful.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2017Microbiology
Scientists anticipate that at the current rate of antibiotic prescriptions, bacteria will evolve to the point of making ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 23, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have shown that additions, deletions and rearrangements can alter the structure of the genome, and lead to p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Life as we know it has been classified into three domains. They were thought to be utterly different, but new work has i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2017Plants & Animals
With each passing day, researchers seem to discover previously-unknown animal species. Some of those still exist today, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 18, 2017Technology
eSports are quickly gaining fans and increasing revenues.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Microfilaments that are capable of conducting electricity, termed nanowires, were discovered in the bacterium Geobacter ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
Spiders, love them or hate them, can be found all around the globe today. On the other hand, discovering some of the ear
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
At some point organisms changed, and grew from a single cell into one made up of many cells. But how that happened is no
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Every time cells divide, billions of letters of the genetic code have to be copied, so few mistakes slip through the mac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Organisms that live on the edges of existence, extremophiles, provide some insight into evolution and metabolism, and ma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Research shows how a bacterial pathogen that is resistant to antibiotics could potentially gain the ability to produce a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2018
Videos
An AI tool called Volume (volume.gl) is "reimagining" 2D images in 3D space. It analyzes a flat image, processes the pix
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 24, 2018
Plants & Animals
If you were to look at any horse’s foot today, you’d find a lone hoof rather than many toes. On the other ha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 22, 2018
Cancer
The team expresses the need for there to be larger studies at this point into the new blood test and says these studies
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 22, 2018
Cardiology
What used to be a devastating event can now be treated or even prevented. With techniques to manage strokes and the bloo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Synthetic biology is a growing field of research that is aiming to create a new kind of organism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long understood the correlation between volcanic eruptions that trigger landslides. But recent research
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 18, 2018
Technology
Wi-Fiber won "Best in Show" in the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) "Smart City" category for its Intelli-Platform a
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 18, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers used a totally new approach to solve a biological mystery.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Some cosmic objects are so far away that even the most powerful space-based observatories can’t discern them clear
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Montana researchers have discovered an extreme change in bacteria that lived within cic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2018
Videos
Both female and male hyenas have nearly identical-looking genitalia, but only because females disguise their sex organs
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 08, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reveals that the chronic infections that impact CF patients may be vulnerable to some classes of antibiotics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2017
Microbiology
Not all genetic mutations are harmful; some have no effect at all, and sometimes they might even be helpful.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists anticipate that at the current rate of antibiotic prescriptions, bacteria will evolve to the point of making
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 23, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have shown that additions, deletions and rearrangements can alter the structure of the genome, and lead to p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Life as we know it has been classified into three domains. They were thought to be utterly different, but new work has i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
With each passing day, researchers seem to discover previously-unknown animal species. Some of those still exist today,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 18, 2017
Technology
eSports are quickly gaining fans and increasing revenues.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microfilaments that are capable of conducting electricity, termed nanowires, were discovered in the bacterium Geobacter
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch