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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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Microbiology
Plastic waste is a major problem around the world... But, one that microbes could help us tackle.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Can we use artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor environmental sites using remote sensing images, either from satellit
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
The rings of Saturn are one of the most recognizable and awe-inspiring sights in astronomy, as they can be easily discer
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 22, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
DNA from the Nama people (photo by Justin Myrick-Tarrant) helped researchers develop a new theory of human evolution.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2023
Microbiology
A major event in the evolution of organisms on earth was the development of complex, multicellular life forms made of eu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Although a rapid growth, perennial South African plant called the wooly umbrella is not related to the cannabis plant, i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 30, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers participating in the Zoonomia project have just published a trove of papers outlining numerous findings from
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The Zoonomia project is an international effort to understand how a huge array of diverse creatures can arise from mamma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2023
Space & Astronomy
What did galaxies look like in the early universe and how did they form and evolve over time? This is something that NAS
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 28, 2023
Microbiology
New research has suggested that Earth's first animal probably used chemical signals to grow from one cell into an or
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities recently published two studies in Science that help shed might on
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 12, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genomes are constantly changing. Bacterial cells can easily share genes, and even cells in human can incorporate new DNA
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2023
Microbiology
Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have found that a virus spread by ticks, P
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Carl Sagan is famously quoted for saying, "We are made of star stuff", because when a star dies, it sheds its material b
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 28, 2023
Space & Astronomy
An international team of scientists led by the Instituto de AstrofÃsica de Canarias (IAC) examine the interaction betwee
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 24, 2023
Health & Medicine
Over the years, animals have evolved to have functioning livers or at least liver enzymes with the capability of metabol
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
MAR 21, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Until the incredibly infectious Omicron variant emerged and took over, it seemed like there was a never-ending stream of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2023
Immunology
When the immune system sense an infection, it launches a response that includes inflammation. Red skin, fatigue, or feve
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
A new study has highlighted how reproductive biology and human behavior influence the number of children a person might
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2023
Plants & Animals
Fossils provide important clues into a world long before humans. They allow us to see not only the kinds of organisms th
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAR 10, 2023
Health & Medicine
While the world became very familiar with mRNA vaccines because of the COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccines have been around
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Ocean worlds are becoming a hot topic in the fields of planetary science and astrobiology, as Jupiter's moon, Europa, an
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 27, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Planet Earth is a marvelous geological machine responsible for life to exist here. It is a machine that churns and spews
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 23, 2023
Plants & Animals
Researchers find evidence that Neandertals hunted and butchered prehistoric elephants, which could feed communities for
...
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt