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The Roots of the Evolutionary Tree
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
07/29/12 |
| Summary: Researchers have developed a novel method to search the archives of known gene sequences to identify and compare similar proteins across the many kingdoms of life. |
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Superfast Evolution
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
07/25/12 |
| Summary: A new study on Australian sea stars indicates that a new species can arise in as little as 6,000 years. |
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Giving Ancient Life Another Chance to Evolve
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
07/14/12 |
| Summary: Researchers have resurrected a 500-million-year-old gene from bacteria and inserted it into modern-day Escherichia coli bacteria. The experiment is helping scientists observe evolution in action. |
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Fungi Marked the End of the Coal Age
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
07/02/12 |
| Summary: A new study suggests that the evolution of a fungi known as white rot may have brought an end to a 60-million-year-long period of coal deposition known as the Carboniferous period. |
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The Earliest Animal
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
07/01/12 |
| Summary: Researchers have uncovered physical proof that animals existed 585 million years ago - 30 million years earlier than previously believed. |
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Why Coelacanths are Living Fossils
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
06/22/12 |
| Summary: Rare and extremely endangered coelacanths are animals that have not fundamentally changed for 400 million years. Dubbed "living fossils," these animals are still able to genetically adapt to their environment. |
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A Comprehensive Study of Ice
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
06/18/12 |
| Summary: Scientists have published the most comprehensive study every performed on ice. Ice plays an important role in Earth's habitability, affecting everything from life's origins to our planet's global climate. |
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Where We Split From Sharks
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| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
06/16/12 |
| Summary: The common ancestor of all jawed vertebrates on Earth may have resembled a shark. |
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