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Biology

The Mutant Genes Behind the Black Death

By Carrie Arnold
October 6, 2015
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Only a few genetic changes were enough to change an ordinary stomach bug into the bacteria responsible for the plague.

Q&A

An Explorer of Life’s Deepest Partnerships

By Emily Singer
September 17, 2015
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The biologist Nancy Moran has spent a career investigating the surprising nature of symbiosis, a phenomenon in which two species can appear to merge into one.

Biology

How the Body’s Trillions of Clocks Keep Time

By Veronique Greenwood
September 15, 2015
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Cellular clocks are almost everywhere. Clues to how they work are coming from the places they’re not.

Biology

How Mutant Viral Swarms Spread Disease

By Carrie Arnold
August 25, 2015
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A new understanding of viral swarms is helping researchers predict how viruses will evolve and where disease is likely to spread.

Biology

A Surprise Source of Life’s Code

By Emily Singer
August 18, 2015
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Emerging data suggests the seemingly impossible — that mysterious new genes arise from “junk” DNA.

Biology

New Letters Added to the Genetic Alphabet

By Emily Singer
July 10, 2015
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Scientists hope that new genetic letters, created in the lab, will endow DNA with new powers.

evolution

Biologists Invoke the Past in Modern Bacteria

By Emily Singer
June 18, 2015
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By swapping ancient genes into modern E. coli, scientists hope to tease out the rules of evolution.

evolution

How Dinosaurs Shrank and Became Birds

By Emily Singer
June 2, 2015
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Modern birds emerged in a snap of evolutionary time through a series of simple genetic changes.

Biology

Scientists Map 5,000 New Ocean Viruses

By Carl Zimmer
May 21, 2015
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In the few decades since viruses were first found in the oceans, scientists have only been able to identify a handful of species. A new survey has uncovered nearly all the rest.


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