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Gould's bias

By | June 16, 2011

A new study finds that Stephen J. Gould's criticisms of another scientist's data were misplaced, and the eminent biologist and historian succumbed to data bias himself

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Our own 60 mutations

By | June 15, 2011

New estimates of human mutation suggest that each of us harbor approximately 60 novel genetic mutations

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State budget threatens collaboration

By | June 15, 2011

A proposed Wisconsin budget would bar state universities from sharing data through a high-speed network

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Fighting to exist

By | June 14, 2011

The more closely related two species are, the more they're apt to drive one another to extinction

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One Hip Dino

By | June 13, 2011

University College London researcher Mike Taylor recounts the discovery of a new dinosaur with unusually powerful thigh muscles. Read the full story.

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The 2011 Salary Survey is here

By | June 9, 2011

Take our survey to help us determine the most current salary data for life scientists

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How skunks got their stripes

By | June 7, 2011

The evolution of bold warning coloration in mammals

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Hard and Harder

By | June 5, 2011

The path to eradicating malaria in Africa involves much more than just a vaccine.

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In Chapter 9, "We Were Hunted, Which is Why All of Us are Afraid Some of the Time and Some of Us are Afraid All of the Time," author Rob Dunn explains how predators shaped our evolution as we cowered and ran from their ravenous maws.

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The Gravity of Life

By | June 1, 2011

Whose well-being is threatened by our changing relationship with the myriad organisms that shaped the evolution of our species?

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