Archaeology can shine needed light on the evolution of our aggressive tendencies.
Archaeology can shine needed light on the evolution of our aggressive tendencies.
Microbes affect weight loss; dozens of cancer-linked genes identified; a climate change scientists speaks out about personal attacks; isolation among elderly linked to death
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.
Transplanting mouse neurons into rats allows the neurons to survive twice as long as they would in mice.
Physicists and biologists are working together to understand cooperation at all levels of life, from the cohesion of molecules to interspecies interactions.
The small organ evolved too many times for it to be an accident, but it’s still unclear what it does.
As reproductive tissues age, DNA repair mechanisms become less efficient, causing genomic damage to accumulate.
A small insect-eating animal is the common ancestor of whales, elephants, dogs, and humans.