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Illustration of COVID-19 virus particles rolling across a 3D landscape.

Evolution ‘Landscapes’ Predict What’s Next for COVID Virus

Photo of a flying fish gliding over the open water.

Flying Fish and Aquarium Pets Yield Secrets of Evolution

An artist’s conception of the ways that functional capacities have been mapped to regions of the brain.

The Brain Doesn’t Think the Way You Think It Does

Electron microscopy of T4 bacteriophages.

DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth.

Photo of Rafflesia arnoldii growing on vines in Indonesian forest.

DNA of Giant ‘Corpse Flower’ Parasite Surprises Biologists

A mosaic of five microscope images of igneous rocks. The rocks are dappled with blue, pink, orange and multicolor inclusions.

Scientists Pin Down When Earth’s Crust Cracked, Then Came to Life

The Mystery of Mistletoe’s Missing Genes

Scanning electron micrograph of a cluster of coccolithophores.

How Jurassic Plankton Stole Control of the Ocean’s Chemistry

3D illustration of three human skulls, split into left and right halves and nested one inside the next.

Fossil DNA Reveals New Twists in Modern Human Origins

Scientists Debate the Origin of Cell Types in the First Animals

Art for "What’s in a Name? Taxonomy Problems Vex Biologists"

What’s in a Name? Taxonomy Problems Vex Biologists

Art for "Bacterial Complexity Revises Ideas About ‘Which Came First?’"

Bacterial Complexity Revises Ideas About ‘Which Came First?’

Art for "Ancient DNA Yields Snapshots of Vanished Ecosystems"

Ancient DNA Yields Snapshots of Vanished Ecosystems

Art for "Biology and Computer Science Explore Algorithmic Evolution"

Mathematical Simplicity May Drive Evolution’s Speed

Should Evolution Treat Our Microbes as Part of Us?

Photo of a diver between two tectonic plates in Silfra. reykjavik. Iceland

Why Earth’s Cracked Crust May Be Essential for Life