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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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APR 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
Galaxies are often found in clusters, which contain many ‘red and dead' members that stopped forming stars in the distan ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 23, 2015Earth & The Environment
Every day, the supervolcano lurking under Yellowstone National Park belches up 45,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide - mu ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
In surprising new research on the evolution of different forms of photosynthesis, scientists have found that the prized ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 21, 2015Earth & The Environment
Take heart, science readers: one study shows science news makes a difference in at least some classic culture war conver ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 21, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists from the Goethe University, Frankfurt, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, and the Univers ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Aneuploidy-the incorrect number of chromosomes in a cell-is quite common in early embryos; it's also the primary reason ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Compared with other human relatives such as Neanderthals, modern Homo sapiens have particularly prominent chins. Some re ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 17, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The body plan of octopuses is nothing if not unique, with a sophisticated brain in a soft, bilaterally symmetrical body, ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 10, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Researchers at University of British Columbia have developed a new technology that enables rapid discovery of aptamers, ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 08, 2015Earth & The Environment
The Airbus A380 is currently the largest passenger plane in the sky. In fact, with a capacity of 530 passengers, it is t ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 08, 2015Immunology
Berkeley Researchers Report on CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complex that Targets RNA.
A great deal of public atten ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Some muscles get all the glory. Bodybuilders show off their swollen triceps; sprinters flash their sharp-edged calves. B ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Exotic flora and fauna ranging from a giant Asian carnivorous plant to a tiny Australian goblin spider already bear the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA's Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 01, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Physicists have shed light on the intricate dynamics underpinning a mysterious tongue condition that has been puzzling t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 01, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Darwin's evolutionary theory predicts survival of the fittest. So why do different survival tactics coexist, if evolutio ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
New research has identified some of the processes by which molecules associated with neurological diseases can disrupt t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Space & Astronomy
The brilliant explosions of dead stars have been used for years to illuminate the far-flung reaches of our cosmos. The e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2015Neuroscience
By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser, a piloted space plane, was one of the leading contenders in for the NASA contract to ferry ...Written By: Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 24, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Galaxies are often found in clusters, which contain many ‘red and dead' members that stopped forming stars in the distan
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 23, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Every day, the supervolcano lurking under Yellowstone National Park belches up 45,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide - mu
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 22, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
In surprising new research on the evolution of different forms of photosynthesis, scientists have found that the prized
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 21, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Take heart, science readers: one study shows science news makes a difference in at least some classic culture war conver
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 21, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists from the Goethe University, Frankfurt, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, and the Univers
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Aneuploidy-the incorrect number of chromosomes in a cell-is quite common in early embryos; it's also the primary reason
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Compared with other human relatives such as Neanderthals, modern Homo sapiens have particularly prominent chins. Some re
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 17, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The body plan of octopuses is nothing if not unique, with a sophisticated brain in a soft, bilaterally symmetrical body,
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 10, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers at University of British Columbia have developed a new technology that enables rapid discovery of aptamers,
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 08, 2015
Earth & The Environment
The Airbus A380 is currently the largest passenger plane in the sky. In fact, with a capacity of 530 passengers, it is t
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 08, 2015
Immunology
Berkeley Researchers Report on CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complex that Targets RNA.
A great deal of public atten ...
A great deal of public atten ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Some muscles get all the glory. Bodybuilders show off their swollen triceps; sprinters flash their sharp-edged calves. B
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
Exotic flora and fauna ranging from a giant Asian carnivorous plant to a tiny Australian goblin spider already bear the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA's Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 01, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Physicists have shed light on the intricate dynamics underpinning a mysterious tongue condition that has been puzzling t
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 01, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Darwin's evolutionary theory predicts survival of the fittest. So why do different survival tactics coexist, if evolutio
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
New research has identified some of the processes by which molecules associated with neurological diseases can disrupt t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The brilliant explosions of dead stars have been used for years to illuminate the far-flung reaches of our cosmos. The e
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser, a piloted space plane, was one of the leading contenders in for the NASA contract to ferry
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop