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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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JUN 10, 2017Plants & Animals
Although paleontologists have been finding animal fossils in the form of bones and bone-shaped rocks for eons, full-bodi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2017Health & Medicine
A rip in the lining of the aorta requires immediate attention; 40 percent of people with this condition die immediately, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2017Videos
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
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When it comes to the fish world, the subsurface creatures sometimes find themselves met with problems that require thoug ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 16, 2017Cell & 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 LeitchMAY 12, 2017Cancer
By diving deep into the cancer history of one patient, scientists say they’re able to ‘carbon date’ th ...MAY 12, 2017Plants & Animals
Given the nature of various whale species today, which have varying appetites ranging from krill to larger fish dependin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2017Earth & 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 SullivanMAY 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
Some 1,500 light years away in the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 (OMC-1), an explosion resembling the colorfulness and shape o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 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
"While lice are highly maligned, they provide a wealth of scientific information," said Dr. Bret BoydWritten By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2017Plants & 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 BouchardAPR 11, 2017Plants & 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 BouchardAPR 10, 2017Microbiology
Giant viruses are a relatively new discovery, and researchers are learning more about them.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2017Cell & 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 LeitchAPR 07, 2017Plants & Animals
Cephalopods, the branch of animals dealing primarily with octopuses and squids, are much more unique than previously tho ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
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
MAY 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Some 1,500 light years away in the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 (OMC-1), an explosion resembling the colorfulness and shape o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
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