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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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Yet again, new research on the brain has shown that what we think we know about neuroscience, isn’t always correct ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 17, 2017Videos
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A supernova is the violent and gigantic explosion of a star as it dies during the final stages in stellar evolution, and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2017Plants & Animals
Homo Sapiens have been walking the Earth for at least a couple hundred thousand years, but a new discovery is shaking th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2017Plants & Animals
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Paleontologists seem to discover new fossils almost every other day across the lands of Earth, but sometimes it’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2017Plants & Animals
Paleontologists help depict the history of the ancient world one fossil at a time, and now a new fossil is telling the s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2017Videos
Imagine one tree that grows all the fruits you could ever desire. Well, it exists, and every year it grows peaches, plum ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 20, 2017Microbiology
Enterococci, so-called superbugs that plague hospitals, have been around since terrestrial life began.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2017Plants & Animals
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When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our food supply has changed a lot in the many years of human civilization, and new research can help scientists understa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 02, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are several birds that chirp melodies through the skies; these are known as songbirds, and scientists have always
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Chimpanzees seem to have a reputation for being super strong when compared to humans of the same size, and now a study i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have always thought they had a pretty good idea about how galaxies form and evolve over time, but a newly-di
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2017
Videos
We've all seen it happen, a healthy bowl of fruit on the table turns into a swarming mess of fruit flies and their eggs.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Yet again, new research on the brain has shown that what we think we know about neuroscience, isn’t always correct
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 17, 2017
Videos
The proverb goes: an elephant never forgets. But what makes elephants have such great memories? An elephant is able to r
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
Most people have never had the opportunity to see some of the largest marine mammals on the planet in person. Baleen wha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 13, 2017
Microbiology
Did you know that bacteria make us humans and other animals smell the way we do? On top of that, animals use that smell
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 10, 2017
Microbiology
Some genes that encode for the capsule that protects S.pneumoniae bacteria are in an area that can change quickly.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
Although paleontologists have been finding animal fossils in the form of bones and bone-shaped rocks for eons, full-bodi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 08, 2017
Health & Medicine
A rip in the lining of the aorta requires immediate attention; 40 percent of people with this condition die immediately,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2017
Videos
A supernova is the violent and gigantic explosion of a star as it dies during the final stages in stellar evolution, and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Homo Sapiens have been walking the Earth for at least a couple hundred thousand years, but a new discovery is shaking th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
Climate change can impact our environment in various ways, and as we’ve experienced first-hand with climate change
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
Paleontologists seem to discover new fossils almost every other day across the lands of Earth, but sometimes it’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
Paleontologists help depict the history of the ancient world one fossil at a time, and now a new fossil is telling the s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2017
Videos
Imagine one tree that grows all the fruits you could ever desire. Well, it exists, and every year it grows peaches, plum
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 20, 2017
Microbiology
Enterococci, so-called superbugs that plague hospitals, have been around since terrestrial life began.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
When it comes to the fish world, the subsurface creatures sometimes find themselves met with problems that require thoug
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2017
Cancer
By diving deep into the cancer history of one patient, scientists say they’re able to ‘carbon date’ th
...
MAY 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Given the nature of various whale species today, which have varying appetites ranging from krill to larger fish dependin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan