What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Newly discovered remains provide the first hard evidence that the ill-fated colonists of the 17th century resorted to eating human flesh when their food supply ran out.
A new DNA assay developed by forensic scientists helps archaeologists reconstruct eye and hair color from old teeth and bones.
In Chapter 4, “Darwin’s Barnacles, Agassiz’s Jellyfish,” author Christoph Irmscher describes his subject’s obsession with marine organisms.
Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwin’s unheralded codiscoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection, found inspiration in the specimens he collected on his travels.
Research Associate, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Age: 27
Sorting out T-cell functional and phenotypic heterogeneity depends on studying single cells.
American naturalist Louis Agassiz had a zeal for collecting that encouraged a nation to engage with nature.
Viral infections of the central nervous system may trigger cytokines that induce seizures.