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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 06, 2017Microbiology
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
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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
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Human immunodeficiency virus, notoriously known as HIV, appears untouchable by the immune system, resulting in millions ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
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Cave diving is perhaps the most dangerous type of exploration that humans have yet to pursue. Even more dangerous than e ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 15, 2017Plants & Animals
There exists a critically-endangered species of monkey so rare that it was once thought to be extinct, but rare footage ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 13, 2017Videos
Monogamy is the practice of mating with the same individual for an extended period of time. It turns out only about 3% o ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 08, 2017Microbiology
Salmonella is typically associated with food poisoning in the United States, but Salmonella infections in sub-Saharan Af ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Yeast has long been used by researchers as a model organisms; it is inexpensive and easy to work with and has many genes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2017Microbiology
Scientists at the University of Exeter have found that antibiotics can stimulate the growth of bacteria. When Escherichi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2017Plants & Animals
Modern-day otters, excluding sea otters, aren’t really all that big; they typically don’t ever weigh more th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 31, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The mating dances of exotic spiders are captivating, for sure, but researchers are interested in learning more about how ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
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
FEB 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Mariana trench is one of the most remote places in the world. To get there one must travel 11 kilometers under the P
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 15, 2017
Videos
Cave diving is perhaps the most dangerous type of exploration that humans have yet to pursue. Even more dangerous than e
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
There exists a critically-endangered species of monkey so rare that it was once thought to be extinct, but rare footage
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2017
Videos
Monogamy is the practice of mating with the same individual for an extended period of time. It turns out only about 3% o
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 08, 2017
Microbiology
Salmonella is typically associated with food poisoning in the United States, but Salmonella infections in sub-Saharan Af
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Yeast has long been used by researchers as a model organisms; it is inexpensive and easy to work with and has many genes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists at the University of Exeter have found that antibiotics can stimulate the growth of bacteria. When Escherichi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
Modern-day otters, excluding sea otters, aren’t really all that big; they typically don’t ever weigh more th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 31, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The mating dances of exotic spiders are captivating, for sure, but researchers are interested in learning more about how
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch