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origins of life

How Structure Arose in the Primordial Soup

By Emily Singer
April 16, 2015
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Life’s first epoch saw incredible advances — cells, metabolism and DNA, to name a few. Researchers are resurrecting ancient proteins to illuminate the biological dark ages.

evolution

Did Neurons Evolve Twice?

By Emily Singer
March 25, 2015
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The comb jelly, a primitive marine creature, is forcing scientists to rethink how animals got their start.

Biology

Killer Virus Is Invading Koala DNA

By Emily Singer
March 4, 2015
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An infection sweeping through Australia’s struggling koala population provides an unprecedented opportunity to explore how retroviruses insert themselves into the genome.

evolution

Game Theory Calls Cooperation Into Question

By Emily Singer
February 12, 2015
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A new solution to the prisoner’s dilemma, a classic game theory scenario, has created new puzzles in evolutionary biology.

Biology

New Twist Found in the Story of Life’s Start

By Emily Singer
November 26, 2014
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All life on Earth is made of molecules that twist in the same direction. New research reveals that this may not always have been so.

evolution

Ancient Survivors Could Redefine Sex

By Emily Singer
November 19, 2014
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Microscopic creatures called bdelloid rotifers have thrived without mating for millions of years. How they did it could reveal why sex is so essential for almost everyone else.

biology

Elusive Form of Evolution Seen in Spiders

By Emily Singer
October 2, 2014
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A study of diverse colonies of spiders supports a controversial idea in evolution — that natural selection can act on communities as well as on individuals.

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ecology

Lizard Stowaways Revise Principle of Ecology

By Emily Singer
September 24, 2014
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The movement of lizards around the Caribbean is forcing researchers to account for human activity in even their most basic ecological models.

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evolution

Evolution’s Random Paths Lead to One Place

By Emily Singer
September 11, 2014
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A massive statistical study suggests that even though genetic changes happen at random, the final evolutionary outcome — fitness — is predictable.


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