Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
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A Bill of Rights amendment reaffirming the right to pray could have negative consequences for the teaching of evolution.
The root system of a tree species is genetically different than the leaves of that individual, potentially modifying scientists’ understanding of evolution.
Two medical professors contend that the pharmaceutical industry is really suffering from a drive to make only marginal improvements to existing drugs.
Fossils from northern Kenya point to a new human species that lived in Africa nearly 2 million years ago.
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At age 16, Alexandra Sourakov has her first scientific publication, on the foraging behavior of butterflies.
Evolving the ability to run may also have made our ancestors smarter, suggesting that exercise can be healthy for the brain as well as the body.