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A new estimate of eukaryotic diversity suggests a total of 8.7 million species. So far, scientists have discovered only 1.2 million of them.
A new yeast species found in Patagonia appears to be the missing half of the long-used lager yeast.
Fossils discovered in Australian rocks may be the remnants of three and a half billion-year-old microorganisms.
Two newly described fossils suggest that wood is some 10 million years older than previous believed.
Scientists discover that ancestors of the unicellular fungi can synthesize essential biomolecules with only trace levels of O2.
Mothers more likely to have twins have heavier, healthier non-twin babies, possibly explaining why twinning evolved.
Researchers use directed evolution to create a bacterial strain that substitutes a synthetic base for thymine.
Pro-evolution bumper stickers and emblems are being removed from the cars of biologists in Florida.
After completing his studies in medicine and biology, a restless Ernst Haeckel set off for Italy in 1859 to study art and marine biology. The diversity of life fascinated the 26-year-old Prussian, and in addition to painting landscapes, he spent the
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