An international team of 40 researchers analyzed the genomes—the complete set of DNA—of all living and recently extinct penguin species and combined this with the fossil record to gain new insights into the key events ...
Evolution
Jul 19, 2022
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In 1988, a biologist at Michigan State University, Richard Lenski, set up 12 flasks of E. coli and his group has maintained and followed their evolution ever since. Periodically, subsamples are frozen, enabling scientists ...
Evolution
May 23, 2022
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Trinity scientists, along with international colleagues, have explored the importance of sea travel in prehistory by examining the genomes of ancient Maltese humans and comparing these with the genomes of this period from ...
Archaeology
May 20, 2022
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Ancient moa DNA has provided insights into how species react to climate change, a University of Otago study has found.
Plants & Animals
May 10, 2022
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Like disease in humans, parasites can wage a deadly evolutionary "arms race" against their hosts, even driving small populations to extinction if they mutate more quickly and gain the upper hand.
Plants & Animals
Apr 4, 2022
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A polar bear chases a reindeer into the water, drags it ashore and devours it, in a striking scene caught on film for the first time.
Ecology
Nov 28, 2021
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Short growing seasons limited the possible size of hunter-gatherer societies by forcing people to rely on meat, according to a recent study by a team of international reseachers including McGill University professor Eric ...
Evolution
Nov 8, 2021
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Hyenas are frequently vilified and often feared. Hemingway once described the hyena as a stinking, foul devourer of the dead, with jaws that crack the bones the lion leaves.
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2021
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Since the spread of virus causing COVID-19 continues, experts recommended wearing homemade facemasks when surgical or N95 masks are not available to prevent the spread of the pandemic. While such makeshift masks are more ...
Soft Matter
Sep 14, 2021
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Small fish that live in open water and form a significant part of the base of the marine food chain have returned in huge numbers to the Clyde Sea, according to new research from scientists at the University of Aberdeen.
Plants & Animals
Aug 9, 2021
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