In honor of Charles Darwin's upcoming 200th birthday (it's February 12th), the editors of Nature decided to publish a selection of twelve different examples of evolution that have been uncovered by researchers in the past thirty or so years. Wired's science blog spotlights those examples here.
We have learned that there are two primary factors that drive [...]
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A Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
The medicine go down-wown
The medicine go down
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
In a most delightful way
We've all heard the song "A Spoonful of Sugar" from the movie "Mary Poppins." Now replace the word "medicine" with "E. coli" and you've got an entirely [...]
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During our study of evolution, we have referred to the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) often and much, as it represents one of nature's most odd and curious animals. The platypus also happens to represent what is thought to have been one of evolution's greatest puzzles--how is it possible to have a mammal that lays eggs, [...]
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As we study reproduction and development during this Valentine's Day week, Time Magazine has an article about an unusual mating behavior observed in a group of lowland gorillas that live in a national park in the Congo. Normal gorilla mating behavior involves the mating pair meeting and mating face-to-back. The gorilla pair described [...]
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Courtesy of Ms. Kelsey Wise:
Is there something that defines us as special and unique as the species of mankind, or are we no different than any other species? Though we may be 'less successful' than other species as far as reproduction and survival and other matters, does our high form of intelligence define us, and [...]
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