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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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MAR 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Evolution brings improvements, but it's also a hotbed for lots of diseases that defy treatment.
We see this i ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 01, 2015Space & Astronomy
Supermassive black holes are known to contain strong X-rays, UV photons and fierce space winds, all combining to create ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 27, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of York, UK, are part of a team of scientists that has discovered how bacteria can restart ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 26, 2015Plants & Animals
While we would all like to believe that our pets greet us at the end of the day because they remember us as their best a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 24, 2015Microbiology
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of San Diego, La Jolla, reveal that ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have always relied on simulations to map the universe and discover how galaxies are formed. While some of th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Most animal embryos contain three layers of cells that transform into every part of the body - from brains to bones to g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 30, 2014Space & Astronomy
Because it's so large some might think our galaxy, The Milky Way, is the only one out there or even nearby but that isn' ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 29, 2014Plants & Animals
When you think of research into human conditions, most people would not consider fish to be good test subjects. They don ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 04, 2014Cancer
Cancer researchers aiming to gain new insights into the disease are looking at it from a new angle. Through the prism of ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 06, 2014Plants & Animals
It was a sad day recently at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Suni, a northern white rhinoceros, was found dead in hi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 31, 2014Plants & Animals
Researchers have long known that the color red evokes certain emotions in humans. They call it the "red effect." In the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 09, 2014Neuroscience
Do you think you're fair with others because you're just a nice guy or girl? Don't kid yourself. You're fair because it' ...Written By: Peter MicheliSEP 06, 2014Health & Medicine
World Beard Day is an annual international celebration where people from every nation and continent celebrate their bear ...SEP 03, 2014Health & Medicine
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a three-part analysis on the depression drug ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 02, 2014Microbiology
The bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells by about 100 times. So, who's in charge? Sometimes it's all about the ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 04, 2014Genetics & Genomics
It's sometimes noted that friends tend to look or dress alike, but a new study, the results of which were recently publi ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 14, 2014Plants & Animals
Many people do not realize it, but the sense of smell is critically important to many insects. It is how they are able t ...MAY 28, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Most materials will contract if stretched and will expand if squeezed. Think of the stretching of a rubber band and the ...MAY 15, 2014Technology
characters," Ballengée says. "I wanted to somehow recall that."
Reference: Brandon Ballengée, Stanley K. Sess ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 07, 2014Immunology
Workers on the Crossrail transportation project in London made a gruesome discovery last March-25 skeletons in a shaft 5 ...
MAR 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Evolution brings improvements, but it's also a hotbed for lots of diseases that defy treatment.
We see this i ...
We see this i ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 01, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Supermassive black holes are known to contain strong X-rays, UV photons and fierce space winds, all combining to create
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 27, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of York, UK, are part of a team of scientists that has discovered how bacteria can restart
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 26, 2015
Plants & Animals
While we would all like to believe that our pets greet us at the end of the day because they remember us as their best a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 24, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of San Diego, La Jolla, reveal that
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...
The size of the human brain expan ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 08, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have always relied on simulations to map the universe and discover how galaxies are formed. While some of th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Most animal embryos contain three layers of cells that transform into every part of the body - from brains to bones to g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 30, 2014
Space & Astronomy
Because it's so large some might think our galaxy, The Milky Way, is the only one out there or even nearby but that isn'
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 29, 2014
Plants & Animals
When you think of research into human conditions, most people would not consider fish to be good test subjects. They don
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 04, 2014
Cancer
Cancer researchers aiming to gain new insights into the disease are looking at it from a new angle. Through the prism of
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 06, 2014
Plants & Animals
It was a sad day recently at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Suni, a northern white rhinoceros, was found dead in hi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 31, 2014
Plants & Animals
Researchers have long known that the color red evokes certain emotions in humans. They call it the "red effect." In the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 09, 2014
Neuroscience
Do you think you're fair with others because you're just a nice guy or girl? Don't kid yourself. You're fair because it'
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
SEP 06, 2014
Health & Medicine
World Beard Day is an annual international celebration where people from every nation and continent celebrate their bear
...
SEP 03, 2014
Health & Medicine
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a three-part analysis on the depression drug
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 02, 2014
Microbiology
The bacteria in our bodies outnumber our own cells by about 100 times. So, who's in charge? Sometimes it's all about the
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 04, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
It's sometimes noted that friends tend to look or dress alike, but a new study, the results of which were recently publi
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUL 14, 2014
Plants & Animals
Many people do not realize it, but the sense of smell is critically important to many insects. It is how they are able t
...
MAY 28, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Most materials will contract if stretched and will expand if squeezed. Think of the stretching of a rubber band and the
...
MAY 15, 2014
Technology
characters," Ballengée says. "I wanted to somehow recall that."
Reference: Brandon Ballengée, Stanley K. Sess ...
Reference: Brandon Ballengée, Stanley K. Sess ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 07, 2014
Immunology
Workers on the Crossrail transportation project in London made a gruesome discovery last March-25 skeletons in a shaft 5
...