New research suggests evolution might favor 'survival of the laziest'
If you've got an unemployed, 30-year-old adult child still living in the basement, fear not.
Evolution
Aug 21, 2018
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News tagged with metabolisms
Joro spiders likely to spread beyond the state of Georgia, could colonize the entire East Coast
If you live in Georgia, it's hard not to notice the state's latest resident.
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2022
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Fossil evidence of 'hibernation-like' state in 250-million-year-old Antarctic animal
Hibernation is a familiar feature on Earth today. Many animals—especially those that live close to or within polar regions—hibernate to get through the tough winter months when food is scarce, temperatures drop and days ...
Archaeology
Aug 27, 2020
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Soil beneath ocean found to harbor long lived bacteria, fungi and viruses
(Phys.org) —Researchers with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) have presented findings at this year's Goldschmidt conference. They report having found bacteria, fungi and viruses living a mile and a half beneath ...
Muscles act as metamaterials due to collective behavior, physicists show
(Phys.org) —Metamaterials are defined as artificial materials that have been engineered to have unusual properties that are not found in nature. For instance, ordinary materials (say, a rubber band) that are under tension ...
Mathematical model of animal growth shows life is defined by biology, not physics
Monash University scientists have challenged the conventional wisdom that biological patterns are explained by physical constraints.
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2022
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Copper is key in burning fat: Scientist says results could provide new target for obesity research
A new study is further burnishing copper's reputation as an essential nutrient for human physiology. A research team led by a scientist at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and ...
Biochemistry
Jun 6, 2016
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Why do women live longer than men?
Women live longer than men. This simple statement holds a tantalizing riddle that Steven Austad, Ph.D., and Kathleen Fischer, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham explore in a perspective piece published in Cell ...
Other
Jun 14, 2016
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Study shows dogs may have been domesticated far earlier than thought
(Phys.org) —An international team of researchers has found genetic evidence that suggests dogs may have been domesticated as far back as 32,000 years ago. In their paper published in Nature Communications outlining their ...
How 'viral dark matter' may help mitigate climate change
A deep dive into the 5,500 marine RNA virus species scientists recently identified has found that several may help drive carbon absorbed from the atmosphere to permanent storage on the ocean floor.
Earth Sciences
Jun 9, 2022
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