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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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DEC 14, 2016Plants & Animals
When you see somebody you’re familiar with walking past you, you probably recognize them by their face, but Chimpa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell division is a fundamental process in life. Our cells must continually replicate, and that replication and growth ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2016Plants & Animals
One of the things researchers always want to know more about is the history of life on our planet. Unearthing details ab ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As Caesarean sections (C-sections) save countless lives of mothers and babies, researchers say that this now widespread ...DEC 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The wonderfully adorable egg-laying mammal known as the platypus may hold the key to new treatments for type 2 diabetes ...DEC 02, 2016Microbiology
Chemically, carbon and silicon are a lot alike; silicon can form bonds with four atoms at once and can create the long, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2016Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 28, 2016Cardiology
One of the last existing populations of hunter-gatherers on Earth provide the rawest example of how vital exercise is fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists that study molecules in cells use a common tool to spotlight the proteins they are interested in - they mark ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
First detected by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, there are strange droplets in the cytoplasm of cells that are not well ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2016Videos
Humans typically have 20 baby teeth and 32 adult permanent teeth. Considering that some animals have only one set of tee ...NOV 22, 2016Microbiology
In bacteria, scientists have worked to understand how form and function are related. There has been evidence that there ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2016Immunology
Two body systems thought to be functionally separate have been found to be connected through gut bacteria. From Oregon S ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 18, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Antibiotic resistance has become one of public health’s largest issues in recent years. A recent study from the UK ...Written By: Jennifer EllisNOV 18, 2016Videos
For some animals that don't have sharp teeth or claws, or other types of classic defense mechanisms, evolution has helpe ...NOV 16, 2016Videos
NASA may have retired the Space Shuttle program many years ago, but that doesn't mean you can't learn a thing or two abo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 15, 2016Videos
Pesticides are man-made chemicals we use to control insects, fungi, and other pests that might negatively affect food cr ...Written By: Jennifer EllisNOV 12, 2016Plants & Animals
Were dinosaurs smart? We may have the first chance to find out after having found what appears to be an old fossil of a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 10, 2016Plants & Animals
If you were a bird o you think you could flap your wings for 10 months straight without feeling tired? A new stud ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 29, 2016Plants & Animals
Biologists have long been stumped while thinking about where jaw evolution may have begun with life on Earth. One of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 19, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Genes encode for proteins, and proper function of the human body depends on the regulation of the gene expression by the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
We know that the universe is big – really big – and that there are a ton of galaxies out there that contain ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 14, 2016Microbiology
Viruses and spider toxin? Sounds like a superhero’s origin story. Not quite. Researchers from Vanderbilt Universit ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 12, 2016Videos
The evolution of the single-celled organism, cyanobacteria, almost wiped out life on earth. Cyanobacteria were the prima ...Written By: Jennifer Ellis
DEC 14, 2016
Plants & Animals
When you see somebody you’re familiar with walking past you, you probably recognize them by their face, but Chimpa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell division is a fundamental process in life. Our cells must continually replicate, and that replication and growth ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
One of the things researchers always want to know more about is the history of life on our planet. Unearthing details ab
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As Caesarean sections (C-sections) save countless lives of mothers and babies, researchers say that this now widespread
...
DEC 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The wonderfully adorable egg-laying mammal known as the platypus may hold the key to new treatments for type 2 diabetes
...
DEC 02, 2016
Microbiology
Chemically, carbon and silicon are a lot alike; silicon can form bonds with four atoms at once and can create the long,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2016
Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 28, 2016
Cardiology
One of the last existing populations of hunter-gatherers on Earth provide the rawest example of how vital exercise is fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists that study molecules in cells use a common tool to spotlight the proteins they are interested in - they mark
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
First detected by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, there are strange droplets in the cytoplasm of cells that are not well
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2016
Videos
Humans typically have 20 baby teeth and 32 adult permanent teeth. Considering that some animals have only one set of tee
...
NOV 22, 2016
Microbiology
In bacteria, scientists have worked to understand how form and function are related. There has been evidence that there
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2016
Immunology
Two body systems thought to be functionally separate have been found to be connected through gut bacteria. From Oregon S
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 18, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Antibiotic resistance has become one of public health’s largest issues in recent years. A recent study from the UK
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 18, 2016
Videos
For some animals that don't have sharp teeth or claws, or other types of classic defense mechanisms, evolution has helpe
...
NOV 16, 2016
Videos
NASA may have retired the Space Shuttle program many years ago, but that doesn't mean you can't learn a thing or two abo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 15, 2016
Videos
Pesticides are man-made chemicals we use to control insects, fungi, and other pests that might negatively affect food cr
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
Were dinosaurs smart? We may have the first chance to find out after having found what appears to be an old fossil of a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
If you were a bird o you think you could flap your wings for 10 months straight without feeling tired? A new stud
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
Biologists have long been stumped while thinking about where jaw evolution may have begun with life on Earth. One of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 19, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genes encode for proteins, and proper function of the human body depends on the regulation of the gene expression by the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
We know that the universe is big – really big – and that there are a ton of galaxies out there that contain
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2016
Microbiology
Viruses and spider toxin? Sounds like a superhero’s origin story. Not quite. Researchers from Vanderbilt Universit
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 12, 2016
Videos
The evolution of the single-celled organism, cyanobacteria, almost wiped out life on earth. Cyanobacteria were the prima
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis