Scientists develop new method for studying early life in ancient rocks
Research results could also inform the search for life on Mars Scientists have developed a new method for detecting traces ...
Tag: Evolution
Immunotherapy could work against bowel cancers resistant to important targeted treatment
Patients with bowel cancer who have stopped responding to a widely used targeted drug could benefit from immunotherapy, a major ...
A study in scarlet Japanese macaques
Skin coloration does not correlate with fertility, as previously thoughtCredit: Kyoto University/Lucie Rigaill Japan -- From peacocks to butterflies and ...
Discovery reveals prolific ability of Schwann cells to generate myelin
OHSU research could lead to new therapies to heal nervous system disorders Scientists have discovered that a special type of ...
Two new species of parasitic wasps described from an altitude of over 3,400 m in Tibet
Credit: Wangzhen Zhang Specimens kept in the collection of the Institute of Beneficial Insects at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry ...
Plants don’t think, they grow: The case against plant consciousness
If a tree falls, and no one's there to hear it, does it feel pain and loneliness? No, experts argue ...
Why do mosquitoes choose us? Lindy McBride is on the case
Princeton University's Lindy McBride is studying how and why disease-bearing mosquitoes feed almost exclusively on humansCredit: Danielle Alio, Princeton University ...
Martindale awarded NSF CAREER Grant for paleontological research and education
Credit: University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences The National Science Foundation has awarded a CAREER grant to ...
Perceived threats to family increases women’s willingness to sacrifice during war
Researchers at the Universities of Turku and Helsinki found that women were more likely to volunteer for all-female paramilitary organizations ...
Trendy on eight legs: Jumping spider named after fashion czar Karl Lagerfeld
Credit: Robert Whyte (Jotus fortiniae sp. nov., top row) and Michael Doe (unidentified species, bottom row), CeNak. New to science ...
Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago
Credit: University of Plymouth The ocean as we understand it today was shaped by a global evolutionary regime shift around ...
Corals in Singapore likely to survive sea-level rise: NUS study
Credit: Huang Danwei Global sea levels are expected to rise by at least half a metre by the year 2100 ...
Genomic warning flag just in time for beach season: Jellyfish toxins
Genome sequence data from three jellyfish species reveal evolutionary mechanisms of unique jellyfish traits and venomous toxinsCredit: Allen Collins An ...
When the dinosaurs died, lichens thrived
Mass extinction hurt land plants, but DNA shows that some fungus/plant combo organisms rose upCredit: (c) JP Huang When an ...
Some extinct crocs were vegetarians
Comparisons of the teeth of extinct crocodyliforms to modern day animals allow new insights into dietCredit: Keegan Melstrom/NHMU Based on ...
Scientists discover how plants breathe — and how humans shaped their ‘lungs’
Scientists have discovered how plants create networks of air channels -- the lungs of the leaf -- to transport carbon ...
Former war refugee maps habitat for West African bird
Credit: Benedictus Freeman LAWRENCE -- Growing up in Liberia during that country's brutal 14-year civil war, Benedictus Freeman and his ...
Neanderthals used resin ‘glue’ to craft their stone tools
Archaeologists working in two Italian caves have discovered some of the earliest known examples of ancient humans using an adhesive ...
What made humans ‘the fat primate’?
Changes in DNA packaging curbed our body's ability to turn 'bad' fat into 'good' fat DURHAM, N.C. -- Blame junk ...
Unlocking secrets of the ice worm
Credit: Photo by Trinity Hamilton The ice worm is one of the largest organisms that spends its entire life in ...
