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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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AUG 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
Earth is the oddball in our Solar System because it supports life. There has, to date, not been any evidence of intellig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 04, 2016Microbiology
It’s long been thought that in bacterial evolution, mutations are transmitted to future generations in a predictab ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long sought to understand the role of so-called junk DNA. Made up of long stretches of non-coding ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2016Plants & Animals
Turtles have shells that they can hide inside of when they feel like they’re in danger or when they are feeling an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2016Health & Medicine
A new study of over ten thousand heart surgery patients led to the collection of 17 patient characteristics that scienti ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 26, 2016Videos
Humans have two different types of DNA: nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. The one that usually gets the majority of publici ...JUL 25, 2016Microbiology
A new study published in Science has shown that the bacteria in our guts has been with us a long time, and coevolved alo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In a study recently published in Science, researchers have described a cage they compare to the capsule structure that s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2016Microbiology
Publishing in eLife, researchers at Stanford University have begun to reveal the extent of the influence viruses have ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2016Plants & Animals
There has been a lot of recent controversy over how dinosaurs may have sounded when they once walked the Earth. The comm ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
It was about one year ago that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its historic flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Intermediate filaments (IFs) are critical parts of the structure of cells. They are essential for both normal tissue str ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2016Microbiology
In a major achievement for microbiology, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (O ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2016Plants & Animals
Lots of reptiles love their protein. They have a constant desire for the stuff to compliment their livestyles, and that& ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 05, 2016Plants & Animals
On land, snakes have extraordinarily strong senses of vision, smell, and hearing, which not only make them efficient pre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 04, 2016Neuroscience
The neuroscience behind medications for psychiatric conditions like depression, or anxiety is complex and often the subj ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 03, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
While the process of copying DNA to make new strands includes a proofreading function to ensure accuracy, the so-called ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2016Microbiology
Coral reefs are known to be crucial for the health of the marine species that rely on them but also to the planet as a w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2016Microbiology
Carbon fixation is the vital function plants, algae and some bacteria perform in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2016Cancer
Medical imaging can offer surgeons tremendous knowledge before going into the operating room. But there’s a limit ...JUN 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New work published in Molecular Psychiatry now reports an association of CNV and schizophrenia. In collaboration wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2016Videos
The ability to stay hidden is a valuable asset in the animal kingdom. Animals that can blend in with their surroundings ...JUN 14, 2016Videos
Because 450 million years ago was so long ago, there is virtually no definite way of recreating what creatures from that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 12, 2016Plants & Animals
Bioluminescence is a biological feature of some animals to produce their own light source. They may do so for a variety ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
AUG 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Earth is the oddball in our Solar System because it supports life. There has, to date, not been any evidence of intellig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 04, 2016
Microbiology
It’s long been thought that in bacterial evolution, mutations are transmitted to future generations in a predictab
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long sought to understand the role of so-called junk DNA. Made up of long stretches of non-coding
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2016
Plants & Animals
Turtles have shells that they can hide inside of when they feel like they’re in danger or when they are feeling an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
A new study of over ten thousand heart surgery patients led to the collection of 17 patient characteristics that scienti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 26, 2016
Videos
Humans have two different types of DNA: nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. The one that usually gets the majority of publici
...
JUL 25, 2016
Microbiology
A new study published in Science has shown that the bacteria in our guts has been with us a long time, and coevolved alo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a study recently published in Science, researchers have described a cage they compare to the capsule structure that s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2016
Microbiology
Publishing in eLife, researchers at Stanford University have begun to reveal the extent of the influence viruses have ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
There has been a lot of recent controversy over how dinosaurs may have sounded when they once walked the Earth. The comm
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It was about one year ago that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its historic flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Intermediate filaments (IFs) are critical parts of the structure of cells. They are essential for both normal tissue str
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2016
Microbiology
In a major achievement for microbiology, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (O
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
Lots of reptiles love their protein. They have a constant desire for the stuff to compliment their livestyles, and that&
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
On land, snakes have extraordinarily strong senses of vision, smell, and hearing, which not only make them efficient pre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2016
Neuroscience
The neuroscience behind medications for psychiatric conditions like depression, or anxiety is complex and often the subj
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
While the process of copying DNA to make new strands includes a proofreading function to ensure accuracy, the so-called
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2016
Microbiology
Coral reefs are known to be crucial for the health of the marine species that rely on them but also to the planet as a w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2016
Microbiology
Carbon fixation is the vital function plants, algae and some bacteria perform in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2016
Cancer
Medical imaging can offer surgeons tremendous knowledge before going into the operating room. But there’s a limit
...
JUN 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work published in Molecular Psychiatry now reports an association of CNV and schizophrenia. In collaboration wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2016
Videos
The ability to stay hidden is a valuable asset in the animal kingdom. Animals that can blend in with their surroundings
...
JUN 14, 2016
Videos
Because 450 million years ago was so long ago, there is virtually no definite way of recreating what creatures from that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
Bioluminescence is a biological feature of some animals to produce their own light source. They may do so for a variety
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard