Despite suggestions to the contrary, the Y chromosome is not necessarily rotting away.
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Despite suggestions to the contrary, the Y chromosome is not necessarily rotting away.
Funding only outstanding researchers is increasing the gap between good and great labs and forcing some out of science in search of a bigger paycheck.
An architecture graduate constructs intricate botanical illustrations using the computer graphics programs intended to design buildings.
Fruit flies consume alcohol to kill off parasites.
Designing the simplest possible living organism artificially may lend clues as to what life is.
While biotechnology has met with mixed public reactions, to date nanotechnology seems to invoke much less public concern.
Celebrity spokespeople for pharma companies can manipulate the public’s understanding of disease.
Research in yeast shows that aneuploidy is both a consequence of and an adaptation to stress.
Populations of organisms acquire beneficial traits repeatedly and rapidly through co-evolution with other species and through gene interaction.
Using an artificial selection paradigm, researchers watch as unicellular yeast evolve into snowflake-like clusters with distinct multicellular characteristics.