For nearly 37 years, she was known as Buckskin Girl—a young, anonymous murder victim found outside Dayton, Ohio, wearing a deer-hide poncho. Then, in April 2018, police announced that the mystery of her identity had been ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 16, 2022
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Sixty-two million years ago, a mother gave birth to a baby. Overcoming the shock of birth in a matter of minutes, the baby began to explore the world around it. The baby started to suckle from its mother, a natural instinct ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 16, 2022
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When creatures evolve, their genetic blueprints change. But within genetic material, fragments from a species' most ancient ancestors still lurk.
Evolution
Aug 29, 2022
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The heat shock transcription factors (Hsfs) are members of a key transcription factor gene family that responds to heat stress and plays an important role in heat resistance. Previous reports have shown that Hsf family genes ...
Evolution
Aug 10, 2022
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An international team of researchers led by LMU paleontologist Bettina Reichenbacher has managed to classify fossils of one of the most species-rich fish groups into a family tree for the first time.
Evolution
Jul 11, 2022
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In late June 2021, North America's most severe heat wave in history hit British Columbia and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. In many areas, temperatures soared above 40 C, 15 C hotter than the normal average high. Although other ...
Environment
Jul 6, 2022
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If you look different to your close relatives, you may have felt separate from your family. As a child, during particularly stormy fall outs you might have even hoped it was a sign that you were adopted.
Evolution
Jun 24, 2022
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Scientists at the University of Chicago and the University of Leeds have assembled the largest and most comprehensive family tree of the order primates, including both living and extinct species.
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2022
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Termites are a type of cockroach that split from other cockroaches around 150 million years ago and evolved to live socially in colonies. Today, there are many different kinds of termites. Some form large colonies with millions ...
Evolution
May 23, 2022
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Did you know that it's now possible to sequence all of your DNA for about the cost of a smartphone? This will reveal your unique genetic makeup, and can be used to work out the similarities and differences between yourself ...
Evolution
Feb 28, 2022
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