Researchers are tackling the problem of antibiotic resistance head on — by hunting for the genes that enable bacteria to become resistant to life-saving medications.
Current extinction rates are 50 times higher than expected background rates, suggesting that another mass extinction event is underway
Using brain waves researchers were able to make almost perfect replicas of human faces shown to monkeys – raising prospect of thoughts being accessible to exploration
Answering three questions can help reveal how the “inheritance of acquired characteristic” fits into modern evolutionary theory.
Gut microbes have also been shown to influence behavior, anxiety, depression, hypertension and a variety of other conditions.
It’s time to give the violent metaphors of evolution a break. For those most invested in the old-school Darwinian view of the survival of the fittest and violence as virtue, then, the message is clear: Just relax.
New mothers show evidence of neural remodeling up to two years after giving birth
Just like taxonomists have debated over which physical characteristics warrant a new species designation, they’re conflicted over how much genetic variation you need to prove differentiation.
The first cells may have been anaerobic, heat tolerant, and hydrogen-fed.
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