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On the Microbial Frontier, Cooperation Thrives
...evolutionary biologist at Harvard University who studies microbes. “The mystery is how can this evolve?” Yeast that can cheat or cooperate allow scientists to study the evolution of cooperation in...
In Natural Networks, Strength in Loops
...When it comes to creating an efficient network, evolution must consider two factors: the cost of building the network and the cost of operating it. For vasculature, this translates to...
Decoding Flu Viruses Before an Outbreak
...humans, Rabadan’s team hopes to identify mechanisms common to different viruses. For example, if two kinds of viruses develop the same genetic change, a phenomenon known as convergent evolution, it...
Evolution as Opportunist
...adaptation in the historical context of evolution. Until recently, evidence for the co-opting of traits has been limited to case studies, such as the evolution of the feather. But examples...
A Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Physics
...Bourjaily said. It “really started this revolution.” In the mid-2000s, more patterns emerged in the scattering amplitudes of particle interactions, repeatedly hinting at an underlying, coherent mathematical structure behind quantum...
Debating the Evolution of Multicellularity
...Does Darwinian evolution reward cooperative behaviors? Behaviors have an effect on the evolution of species and vice versa. But let’s not forget that evolution is the result of random events...
The Mathematical Shape of Things to Come
...use of this piecemeal approach to big data analysis, but Yale University mathematician Ronald Coifman says that what is really needed is the big data equivalent of a Newtonian revolution,...
Tracking the Evolution of Cancer, Cell by Cell
...signatures of individual cancer cells, paired with tools from evolutionary biology, scientists are beginning to track cancer’s evolution at a level of detail that could help them pinpoint the mechanisms...
Could Knots Unravel Mysteries of Fluid Flow?
...tying a shoelace.) Investigating knotted fluids both on paper and in the lab could provide a much richer picture of how these tangles, once formed, affect the future evolution of...