Tag: evolution

The Search for ET Has an X-Factor: the Evolution of Stars

Stephen Kane was searching for stars that could host planets with warm, temperate climates hospitable to life—you know, like Earth—when he glimpsed a young...

Study finds rapid evolution in foxgloves pollinated by hummingbirds

Researchers have found common foxgloves brought to the Americas have rapidly evolved to change flower length in the presence of...

Cells Form Into Living ‘Xenobots’ on Their Own

The potential for cells to find their way to body plans was dramatically illustrated recently with a report that when some sea slugs become...

Ancient Rocks Reveal When Earth’s Plate Tectonics Began

Tusch and Münker developed a powerful new method for extracting tiny traces of tungsten from ancient rocks. Then they went looking for the rocks.First...

Million-Year-Old DNA Rewrites Mammoths’ Evolutionary Tree

The oldest DNA ever sequenced shows how the genus split off into new species.

Can evolution be predicted? Scientists created a framework to test the predictions of biological optimality theories, including evolution

Scientists created a framework to test the predictions of biological optimality theories, including evolution. Evolution adapts and optimizes organisms to their ecological niche. This could...

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