The poxvirus stockpiles genes when it needs to adapt.
The poxvirus stockpiles genes when it needs to adapt.
Human cytomegalovirus fixes its broken DNA by exclusively co-opting its host’s repair proteins.
A deadly Ebola virus can spread from pigs to monkeys without direct contact, pointing to pig farms as a possible contributor to outbreaks.
Nominated as a write-in candidate as a protest against the anti-science incumbent, famed naturalist Charles Darwin won 4,000 congressional votes in a Georgia county.
In Chapter 2, "Consequences and Evolution: The Cause That Works Backwards," author Susan M. Schneider places evolutionary theory in terms of the science of consequences.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
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Meet some of the people featured in the November 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Large RNA-protein packets use a novel mechanism to escape the cell nucleus.
Swapping chromosomes from one human egg to another could eliminate mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause disease.