From the lab to the dinner table: Seaweed
Charlie Yarish pulls a long strand of kelp out of the chilly waters of Long Island Sound and takes a bite.
Environment
Aug 20, 2013
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News tagged with evolutionary science
Researcher wonders about parents of the future
New research out of Queen's University indicates that women are changing their views on bearing children.
Social Sciences
Aug 15, 2013
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Fisheries-induced evolution adds a bonus to good management
A new study published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is the first to determine whether genetic changes resulting from fishing pressure have any significant economic effects for the case ...
Ecology
Jul 16, 2013
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Research reveals low exposure of excellent work by female scientists
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have found that high quality science by female academics is underrepresented in comparison to that of their male counterparts.
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2013
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Bridge species drive tropical engine of biodiversity
Although scientists have known since the middle of the 19th century that the tropics are teeming with species while the poles harbor relatively few, the origin of the most dramatic and pervasive biodiversity on Earth has ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 10, 2013
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Why animals compare the present with the past
Humans, like other animals, compare things. We care not only how well off we are, but whether we are better or worse off than others around us, or than we were last year. New research by scientists at the University of Bristol ...
Plants & Animals
May 30, 2013
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CU-Boulder helps tap crowds to digitize museum records of bugs and plants
Inside the natural history museums of the world are billions of animal and plant specimens from birds, fish and beetles to flowers, mushrooms and grasses, all stacked, stored and preserved in jars and collection drawers.
Plants & Animals
May 23, 2013
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Team presents draft assembly of the Norway spruce genome sequence
Swedish scientists have mapped the gene sequence of Norway spruce (the Christmas tree) – a species with huge economic and ecological importance - and that is the largest genome to have ever been mapped. The genome is complex ...
Biotechnology
May 22, 2013
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Soils in newly forested areas store substantial carbon that could help offset climate change
Surface appearances can be so misleading: In most forests, the amount of carbon held in soils is substantially greater than the amount contained in the trees themselves.
Environment
Apr 1, 2013
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Detection of affective facial expression in a chimpanzee: An event-related potential study
The chimpanzee brain responds to pictures depicting affective facial expressions of another chimpanzee. A research team led by Program-Specific Associate Professor Satoshi Hirata (Primate Research Institute), in collaboration ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2013
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