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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 27, 2017Cardiology
We may need to walk seven miles a day and spend seven hours on our feet to avoid heart disease, a study with postal work ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 26, 2017Earth & The Environment
A recent discovery at the bottom of the sea has scientists all in a flurry: evidence of what could possibly be the oldes ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 16, 2017Microbiology
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Fossils discovered in Southern Tanzania back in 1933 told a story of an animal that walked the Earth before the dinosaur ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 11, 2017Plants & Animals
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Breast milk is known to supply infants with important nutrition and immunity; new work indicates it also supports the he ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2017Neuroscience
Does size matter? For the brain, it does. Animals that are far bigger than humans, such as gorillas, who can grow to be ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports from an international team of scientists at the GFZ German Re ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 28, 2017Microbiology
For many years, scientists have known about Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (BV), a special bacterium that can kill other mic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The first report of a genetically modified ant has provided insight into how complex insect societies arose in insects. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2017Microbiology
Heliobacter pylori is known to be a human pathogen; it can thrive in the acidic environment of the stomach and cause ulc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2017Plants & Animals
There are a handful of animal species that have involuntarily went extinct over the decades, and a truckload of others r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are creating synthetic yeast, broadly aiming to gain a better understanding of the biology of cells. This wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
PLOS ONE has published a new study that sheds light on what happened after the mass extinction during the late Permian p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
Planetary rings are found around various planets in our Solar System, but for the most part, it’s limited to gassy ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Neanderthals died off 40,000 years ago, but not before passing on some of their genes to humans, who have in turn carrie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Turtles are known for their protective shells, and one of the important features of that shell is the ability of the cre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The body relies on proteins for many functions; they are the essential building blocks of cells and work in maintenance, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2017Videos
Richard Lenski Ph.D., the Hannah Professor of Microbial Ecology at Michigan State University, speaks in this video about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2017Immunology
Human immunodeficiency virus, notoriously known as HIV, appears untouchable by the immune system, resulting in millions ...Written By: Kara Marker
APR 27, 2017
Cardiology
We may need to walk seven miles a day and spend seven hours on our feet to avoid heart disease, a study with postal work
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 26, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent discovery at the bottom of the sea has scientists all in a flurry: evidence of what could possibly be the oldes
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 16, 2017
Microbiology
"While lice are highly maligned, they provide a wealth of scientific information," said Dr. Bret Boyd
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
Fossils discovered in Southern Tanzania back in 1933 told a story of an animal that walked the Earth before the dinosaur
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2017
Plants & Animals
What was the first animal on Earth before all of these complex life forms came into existence? Many would be quick to te
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 10, 2017
Microbiology
Giant viruses are a relatively new discovery, and researchers are learning more about them.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells have incredible potential; in the pluripotent state, they are able to develop into any type of cell in the bo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
Cephalopods, the branch of animals dealing primarily with octopuses and squids, are much more unique than previously tho
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 06, 2017
Microbiology
Breast milk is known to supply infants with important nutrition and immunity; new work indicates it also supports the he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2017
Neuroscience
Does size matter? For the brain, it does. Animals that are far bigger than humans, such as gorillas, who can grow to be
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports from an international team of scientists at the GFZ German Re
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 28, 2017
Microbiology
For many years, scientists have known about Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (BV), a special bacterium that can kill other mic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The first report of a genetically modified ant has provided insight into how complex insect societies arose in insects.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2017
Microbiology
Heliobacter pylori is known to be a human pathogen; it can thrive in the acidic environment of the stomach and cause ulc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are a handful of animal species that have involuntarily went extinct over the decades, and a truckload of others r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are creating synthetic yeast, broadly aiming to gain a better understanding of the biology of cells. This wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
PLOS ONE has published a new study that sheds light on what happened after the mass extinction during the late Permian p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Planetary rings are found around various planets in our Solar System, but for the most part, it’s limited to gassy
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neanderthals died off 40,000 years ago, but not before passing on some of their genes to humans, who have in turn carrie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Turtles are known for their protective shells, and one of the important features of that shell is the ability of the cre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The body relies on proteins for many functions; they are the essential building blocks of cells and work in maintenance,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2017
Videos
Richard Lenski Ph.D., the Hannah Professor of Microbial Ecology at Michigan State University, speaks in this video about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2017
Immunology
Human immunodeficiency virus, notoriously known as HIV, appears untouchable by the immune system, resulting in millions
...
Written By:
Kara Marker