Revenge of the seabed burrowers: Taking another look at bioturbation and ocean ecosystems
The ancient burrowers of the seafloor have been getting a bum rap for years.
Earth Sciences
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Mating with relatives? Not a big deal in nature
We usually assume that inbreeding is bad and should be avoided under all circumstances. But new research performed by researchers at Stockholm University, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, shows that there is little ...
Plants & Animals
May 3, 2021
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Study confirms evolutionary link between social structure and selfishness
One of nature's most prolific cannibals could be hiding in your pantry, and biologists have used it to show how social structure affects the evolution of selfish behavior.
Evolution
Mar 25, 2021
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Altruism in bacteria—Gut microbes help family first
A recent discovery that, in real-world conditions bacteria, similar to animals, cooperate and selflessly act for the greater good of the group, could help scientists to predict how helpful and harmful strains behave. The ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 22, 2021
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Don't focus on genetic diversity to save endangered species
Scientists at the University of Adelaide have challenged the common assumption that genetic diversity of a species is a key indicator of extinction risk.
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2021
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Polarization increases with economic decline, becoming cripplingly contagious
The rise of populist movements is changing political systems around the world. As support for these "anti-elite" movements intensifies, many are scrambling to understand whether economic decline and intensifying inter-group ...
Economics & Business
Dec 11, 2020
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Why skinks that lost their legs evolved new ones
A team of researchers affiliated with Clark University, the Museum of Natural History, Yale University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has developed a theory to explain why skinks living in the Philippines lost ...
Mutations that affect aging: More common than we thought?
The number of mutations that can contribute to aging may be significantly higher than previously believed, according to new research on fruit flies. The study by scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, supports a new ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 29, 2020
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How boundaries become bridges in evolution
There's a paradox within the theory of evolution: The life forms that exist today are here because they were able to change when past environments disappeared. Yet, organisms evolve to fit into specific environmental niches.
Plants & Animals
Aug 11, 2020
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Why do humans prefer to mate in private?
Yitzchak Ben Mocha, an anthropologist with Zürich University, has conducted a study of human procreation habits as part of an effort to understand why humans prefer to mate in private. In his paper published in the journal ...
