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Biology

Oct 8, 2012

What Does It Mean to be Human?

As a new evolutionary process, however, our origin was almost as momentous as the origin of life.

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Oct 8, 2012

Is Inequality in Our Genes?

A forthcoming article by two economists says inequality is in our genes.

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Oct 2, 2012

Lamarck and the Missing Lnc

Epigenetic changes accrued over an organism’s lifetime may leave a permanent heritable mark on the genome.

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Oct 2, 2012

Darwinian Giant Robert Trivers Riffs on Toddler Tantrums, Homophobic Denial and Other Lies

Moreover, as lying has evolved, so has the ability to detect lies.

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Sep 28, 2012

Research Suggests that Evolution Sometimes Meant Becoming Simpler, Not More Complex

Animals have become more complex over time could be a thing of the past.

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Sep 28, 2012

Researchers Link Early Evolution Of Animals To Climate Change And Oxygen Levels

first evidence of a direct link between patterns in early animal diversity and changes in Earth system processes.

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Sep 27, 2012

What Richard Dawkins Reads: Jerry Coyne, Helena Cronin and More

Dawkins reviews his favorite books.

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Sep 20, 2012

Genetic Mutation May Have Allowed Early Humans to Migrate Throughout Africa

A genetic mutation might be the answer to humans' "great expansion."

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Sep 20, 2012

Evolution Is as Complicated as 1-2-3

The step-by-step process in which organisms evolve new functions.

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Sep 19, 2012

6 Reasons Why Evolution Isn’t A Sure Thing

Obviously there's loads of scientific evidence that supports evolution. But we wanted to understand why some people oppose it.

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Education
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Sep 12, 2012

Researchers Seek New Drugs Through Evolution and Local Plant Lore

Drug-producing plants easier to spot with a knowledge of evolutionary history.

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Environment
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Sep 9, 2012

Why Fathers Really Matter

What if it turned out, though, that expectant fathers molded babies, too, and not just by way of genes?

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Health
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Sep 8, 2012

Evolution Could Explain the Placebo Effect

Scientists have discovered a possible evolutionary explanation for the placebo effect with new evidence.

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Sep 7, 2012

Men and Women Really Do See Things Differently

Men and women really don't see eye to eye, according to a new study.

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Mind
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Sep 5, 2012

A Grimm Tale of Reproductive Conflict

A new study argues that in-law competition drove the evolution of menopause. But is the story too good to be true?

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Sep 4, 2012

Aspiration Makes Us Human

Our drive to exceed our evolutionary limits sets us apart from other beasts

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Technology
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Sep 4, 2012

Evolutionary Theory’s Welcome Crisis

Those who believe that a supernatural being created the universe have never posed an intellectual challenge to evolutionary theory.

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Sep 2, 2012

Touring The Brain

Our brains are rather like a city that has existed since ancient times

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Mind
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Aug 31, 2012

Ancient Human Kin’s DNA Code Illuminates Rise of Brains

DNA analysis of an extinct human ancestor that lived 80,000 years ago has pinpointed fundamental genes tied to the brain’s evolution.

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Aug 28, 2012

Why Humans Give Birth to Helpless Babies

Why are human infants so helpless?

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Aug 24, 2012

Family Tree of Languages Has Roots in Anatolia, Biologists Say

Biologists using tools developed for drawing evolutionary family trees say that they have solved a longstanding problem in archaeology.

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Aug 24, 2012

Video-Gaming Fish Play Out the Advantages of Groups

A video game designed for predatory fish might have unraveled some lingering evolutionary questions

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Technology
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Aug 22, 2012

Menopause Evolved to Prevent Competition Between In-Laws

The menopause evolved, in part, to prevent competition between a mother and her new daughter-in-law.

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Aug 22, 2012

Peter Singer, Group Selection, and the Evolution of Ethics

The selection of groups selects ethical behaviours also, so as groups evolve, so do the ethical systems on which they are based.

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Aug 20, 2012

The Saturday Interview: Harvard Biologist Edward Wilson

Was Dawkins right? Is Wilson a once-great researcher who has taken a wrong turn?

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Aug 18, 2012

Using Evolution To Understand Pollution

Life finds a way, even when the path is poisonous, toxicologist says.

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Aug 17, 2012

Wet Mammal Shaking Dry, An Evolutionary Feat, Say Scientists

Fur-covered mammals can shake themselves dry in under a second, says new research.

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Aug 17, 2012

Rat and Ant Rescues ‘Don’t Show Empathy’

Rats and ants who rescue other members of their species do not prove that animals other than humans have empathy.

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Aug 16, 2012

Science, Such a Sweet Mystery

It's not what science knows, but what it doesn't, that really matters.

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Aug 15, 2012

Cooperating For Selfish Reasons

Why should you forgo all the glory and status to be a babysitter?

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Aug 11, 2012

Study of Fruit Fly Chromosomes Improves Understanding of Evolution and Fertility

Why two sexes instead of one?

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Aug 10, 2012

Why Do Organisms build Tissues They Seemingly Never Use?

Why, after millions of years of evolution, do organisms build structures that seemingly serve no purpose?

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Aug 8, 2012

Evolutionary Battle of Sexes Drives Human Height

Among study's findings: Women on the shorter side have more children

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Aug 8, 2012

Physics and Math Shed New Light on Biological Evolution

The new theory provides a physical foundation for general evolution dynamics.

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Aug 8, 2012

There’s Something Special About Islands

A new study provides some of the first empirical evidence that island biodiversity really is different from that of the mainland.

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Environment
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Aug 7, 2012

Evolutionary Molecule Identified By Researchers

A molecule that could play a key role in how cells develop into the building blocks of life.

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Aug 7, 2012

Google Earth For Cells Lets Biologists Zoom In

Google Earth technology for looking at cells.

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Aug 7, 2012

Mom’s Genes Make Males Die Sooner

Men who make it to adulthood without succumbing to the male habit of dying in accidents shouldn't congratulate themselves too soon.

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Aug 6, 2012

Alarming Evolution of Nastier Parasites in Vaccine Study

Evolution may also play a role in how other diseases react to vaccines.

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Aug 6, 2012

New Swimming Cave Cricket Species Filmed

A swimming cricket was one of three "new species" discovered by a TV crew filming in South America.

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Aug 2, 2012

Scientists Find Secret of Why Women Live Longer

Why women live longer than men.

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Aug 1, 2012

Boy or Girl? Mother Can Control Outcome

Mothers can adjust the sex of their unborn children to best match their living conditions, research shows.

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Jul 31, 2012

Studying Evolution With an Eye on the Future

Creating the future today.

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Environment
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Jul 30, 2012

Does Human Biology Favor Gun Control or Gun Ownership?

Gun control vs. Gun ownership and human nature.

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Culture
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Jul 27, 2012

The Origin of Life Challenge

The origin of life challenge. Scientists compete over how life began.

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Jul 16, 2012

For Unendowed Fish, A Fake Dinner Leads to Sex

The promise of a nice dinner might not always win over a woman, but for some male fish, a tasty-looking lure seems to get the girl pretty reliably.

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Jul 13, 2012

Feeling Snappy? Measuring Personality in Hermit Crabs

If measuring and describing personality is complicated for humans, it becomes vastly more so for animals.

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Jul 13, 2012

Autumn Babies More Likely to Hit 100

Good news for autumn babies: those born between September and November are more likely to live to 100 than those born in other months of the year.

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Jul 13, 2012

For Unendowed Fish, A Fake Dinner Leads to Sex

So how do you get a female fish to sidle on over so you can slip her your genetic goods?

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Jul 13, 2012

Do Wild Bats Hold the Key to Understanding Human Tribal Behavior?

Disease-causing pathogens–viruses, bacteria and protists–have geographies, both in terms of where they can be found and how common they are within those regions.

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Culture
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