Topic
Evolution
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How human language could have evolved from birdsong
Linguistics and biology researchers propose a new theory on the deep roots of human speech.
February 21, 2013 -
Evolution: It’s all in how you splice it
MIT biologists find that alternative splicing of RNA rewires signaling in different tissues and may often contribute to species differences.
December 20, 2012 -
When the first stars blinked on
The very first stars may have turned on when the universe was 750 million years old.
December 5, 2012 -
GRAIL reveals a battered lunar history
Twin spacecraft create a highly detailed gravity map of the moon, finding an interior pulverized by early impacts.
December 5, 2012 -
It pays to cooperate
Yeast cells that share food have a survival edge over their freeloading neighbors — particularly when there is bacterial competition.
November 13, 2012 -
Most massive and luminous galaxy cluster identified
Detection may confirm long-held theory.
August 15, 2012 -
Getting to the root of genetics
Manolis Kellis uses computational techniques to decipher human disease.
April 17, 2012 -
Prions play key role in yeast survival and evolution
For the first time, researchers find prions in wild strains of yeast, and show they can help the organisms withstand stress.
February 16, 2012 -
Microbe metabolism
For the smallest organisms, size determines how microbes spend energy.
January 4, 2012 -
The first hairy microbes
New fossils reveal oldest known ciliates.
November 16, 2011 -
Evolution, reversed
Physicists’ study of evolution in bacteria shows that adaptations can be undone, but rarely.
May 11, 2011
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