Studying the evolution of altruistic behaviors reveals how knee-jerk good intentions can backfire.
Studying the evolution of altruistic behaviors reveals how knee-jerk good intentions can backfire.
Research in yeast shows that aneuploidy is both a consequence of and an adaptation to stress.
A committee in the Indiana state legislature OKs a bill aimed at getting creationism into public school science classes.
Populations of organisms acquire beneficial traits repeatedly and rapidly through co-evolution with other species and through gene interaction.
An attempt to regrow the infamous GFAJ-1 bacteria, reported to incorporate arsenic into its DNA backbone, has failed.
Using an artificial selection paradigm, researchers watch as unicellular yeast evolve into snowflake-like clusters with distinct multicellular characteristics.
An incurable form of tuberculosis has turned up on the subcontinent.
James Crow, who helped shaped public policy over his 70 year career, passed away last week.
For at least one species of octopus, all it takes is a little RNA editing.
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