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Out of Their Shell, Are Turtles More Like Birds or Lizards?
The turtle’s family tree has always been a bit of a mystery. “Turtles have a lot of unique…
Meat: Bad for You, Good for Your Species
Seems like barely a week goes by without some new study telling us yet again that eating lots…
Charting Genomes: Old Hairs Create New Headaches
Two studies make similar strides in identifying how mankind came to populate the Earth, but their differing approaches to gathering and using samples open up ethical questions.
Law of the Jungle: Powerful Men Have More Children
Anthropologist Christopher von Rueden's studies of a Bolivian tribe suggest that men's instinctive drive for power is a strategy to seed their descendants thickly.
Scientists Find Missing Drink, umm, Link
In Miller-McCune's continuing examination of brewer's yeast, we look at a new find in the world of lagers.
New Answers to Whale of a Mystery
Biologist Graham Slater explains that the evolution of whales into behemoths of the sea occurred in evolutionary spurts and not in a slow and steady process.
Humankind’s Ascent Took Path of Yeast Resistance
There's a strong case to be made that the first species cultivated by humankind was brewer's yeast, and a generation of researchers will drink to that.
Can Threatened Species Evolve Their Way Out of Trouble?
Ecologist Andrew Gonzalez explains that experiments on yeast suggest that threatened species may be able to evolve fast enough — under the right conditions — to survive.
Scientists Take Charles Darwin on the Road
A posse of evolutionary scientists traveled to the heart of America to share their excitement about science on the birthday of Charles Darwin. This is their story.