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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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OCT 12, 2016Earth & The Environment
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It’s no mystery that astronomers are on the hunt for a mysterious Planet Nine somewhere out in the far reaches of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2016Plants & Animals
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Scientists working in collaboration at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have pub ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 8, 2016 – A series of new studies led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institu ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 08, 2016Neuroscience
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The Galapagos Islands have been all the recent buzz swirling around the discovery of a native species of songbird that i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have proposed a new theory for the development of complex organisms from a single cell and it’s called ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2016Cancer
Cancer cells know when they’re being attacked. And one of their best counterattack strategies is to pump the chemo ...AUG 25, 2016Microbiology
Researchers have learned more about how Lyme disease invades the body, and will publish their findings September 6 in Ce ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2016Videos
White lies, fibs, blatant exaggerations, lies of omission - we've all done it before. And not just once, either. We'll a ...AUG 22, 2016Space & Astronomy
Our Milky Way galaxy is a spiraling disk of dust, stars, and other rubble that has formed together over billions of year ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2016Videos
Prosanta Chakrabarty is an evolutionary biologist and ichthyologist who discovers new species and examines the biology o ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAUG 17, 2016Videos
Vibrio cholerae bacteria will fire toxins off when confronted with encroaching neighbors on crab shells. The process see ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2016Microbiology
Analyzing the adaptability of bacteria, biologist Shelley Copley has announced the results of research in the area at th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2016Genetics & Genomics
LA JOLLA, CA—August 15, 2015—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have taken a big step towar ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 15, 2016Neuroscience
Does size matter? Well, it depends, but in terms of the brain, it’s definitely a factor. A study directed by neuro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The production of two cells from one, cell division, is one of the core functions in life. Cells divide many times durin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2016Cancer
In 2014 the most common cancer diagnosis was breast cancer, followed by prostate, lung, colon, skin, and brain cancer. B ...
OCT 12, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Almost four years ago a group of Nigerian teens unveiled a urine-powered generator at Maker Faire Africa in Lagos. Duro-
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 11, 2016
Videos
Space travel takes its toll on astronauts. Microgravity can affect muscle and bone growth. Radiation can cause damaging
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
The origin of teeth in the evolutionary mystery of the world’s animal timeline is very much a mystery. We know ani
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: Noel Clark, University of Colorado LA JOLLA, CA – September 28, 2016 – A new study led by scie
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 24, 2016
Microbiology
For as long as civilization has existed, the enjoyment of fermented drinks has been a part of various cultures and tradi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2016
Videos
Scientists made a startling discovery about our planet in 1974. They found that chemicals common in spray cans, known as
...
SEP 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It’s no mystery that astronomers are on the hunt for a mysterious Planet Nine somewhere out in the far reaches of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Science today is becoming a lot more like the science fiction of 30 years ago. The minds of great scientists have come u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists working in collaboration at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have pub
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 8, 2016 – A series of new studies led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institu
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 08, 2016
Neuroscience
In the millions of years of evolution, humans developed strong muscles for hunting and gathering, digestion to get the m
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
The Galapagos Islands have been all the recent buzz swirling around the discovery of a native species of songbird that i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have proposed a new theory for the development of complex organisms from a single cell and it’s called
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2016
Cancer
Cancer cells know when they’re being attacked. And one of their best counterattack strategies is to pump the chemo
...
AUG 25, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers have learned more about how Lyme disease invades the body, and will publish their findings September 6 in Ce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2016
Videos
White lies, fibs, blatant exaggerations, lies of omission - we've all done it before. And not just once, either. We'll a
...
AUG 22, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Our Milky Way galaxy is a spiraling disk of dust, stars, and other rubble that has formed together over billions of year
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2016
Videos
Prosanta Chakrabarty is an evolutionary biologist and ichthyologist who discovers new species and examines the biology o
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 17, 2016
Videos
Vibrio cholerae bacteria will fire toxins off when confronted with encroaching neighbors on crab shells. The process see
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2016
Microbiology
Analyzing the adaptability of bacteria, biologist Shelley Copley has announced the results of research in the area at th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
LA JOLLA, CA—August 15, 2015—Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have taken a big step towar
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Does size matter? Well, it depends, but in terms of the brain, it’s definitely a factor. A study directed by neuro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The production of two cells from one, cell division, is one of the core functions in life. Cells divide many times durin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2016
Cancer
In 2014 the most common cancer diagnosis was breast cancer, followed by prostate, lung, colon, skin, and brain cancer. B
...