A study of gliding animals has challenged the idea that evolutionary innovations—adaptations that bring new abilities and advantages—spur the origin of other new body types and other characteristics in descendant species.
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2019
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Technology has been blamed for a lot recently. Automation and artificial intelligence have supposedly led to substantial job losses, reduced bargaining power for workers and increased discrimination. It is even blamed for ...
Social Sciences
Sep 18, 2019
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In the past half-billion years, Earth has been hit again and again by mass extinctions, wiping out most species on the planet. And every time, life recovered and ultimately went on to increase in diversity.
Evolution
Sep 16, 2019
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Craig MacLean, Professor of Evolution and Microbiology at Oxford's Department of Zoology, explains how evolutionary biology can help us to get rid of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 16, 2019
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For start-up companies looking to launch a new product, hiring star inventors who are accomplished and have a strong record of performance seems like a no brainer.
Economics & Business
Aug 28, 2019
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Following the successful Brexit campaign, Dominic Cummings—the then campaign director of Vote Leave—published a series of blog posts describing how the campaign was run and what his plans were for a successful civil ...
Social Sciences
Aug 28, 2019
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Algorithms, and not friends and family, are now the go-to matchmaker for people looking for love, Stanford sociologist Michael Rosenfeld has found.
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2019
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When sparks fly to innovate new technologies for imaging life at the microscopic scale, often diverse researchers are nudging each other with a kind of collegial one-upmanship.
Other
Aug 21, 2019
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The study of evolution allows us to reconstruct the past and to understand how life evolved from simple to complex organisms. Evolutionary reasoning can help us make sense of the biggest questions in science, from the origin ...
Evolution
Aug 19, 2019
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Developing original and innovative products is critical to a company's long-term success and competitive advantage. Thus, gaining a better idea of what factors impact how designers cultivate product originality can have important—and ...
Economics & Business
Aug 15, 2019
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