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Physicist-turned-oncologist Robert Austin argues that cancer is a natural consequence of our rapid evolution.
New studies of tadpole shrimp and other organisms show that the term “living fossil” is inaccurate and misleading.
International collaboration doubles the number of genetic regions associated with breast, prostate, and ovarian cancers.
Researchers find that temporary double-stranded DNA breaks commonly result from normal neuron activation—but expression of an Alzheimer’s-linked protein increases the damage.
Researchers show that a bacterium’s self-sacrifice can benefit its community, even when the members are not strongly related.
Transcriptome studies reveal new insights about unusual animals whose genomes have not been sequenced.
A red alga appears to have adapted to extremely hot, acidic environments by collecting genes from bacteria and archaea.
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