Our Bigger Brains Came With a Downside: Faster Aging
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by Carl Zimmer
2w ago
A study comparing chimpanzee and human brains suggests that the regions that grew the most during human evolution are the most susceptible to aging ..read more
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How Did the First Cells Arise? With a Little Rain, Study Finds.
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by Carl Zimmer
3w ago
Researchers stumbled upon an ingredient that can stabilize droplets of genetic material: water ..read more
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I Am the Walrus but This Fossil Was Not
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by Asher Elbein
1M ago
Although an extinct animal was from a different group of marine mammals, an examination of fossils showed it evolved a way of eating that was very similar to that of modern walruses ..read more
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Book Review: ‘Keeping the Faith,’ by Brenda Wineapple
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by Matthew Stewart
1M ago
In “Keeping the Faith,” Brenda Wineapple finds an ongoing battle over the soul of America in a century-old trial ..read more
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Secrets Emerge From a Fossil’s Taco Shell-Like Cover
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by Rebecca Dzombak
1M ago
An examination of an aquatic, shrimplike creature that lived half a billion years ago offers insight into how arthropods with mandibles became so common ..read more
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Early Humans Left Africa Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
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by Carl Zimmer
2M ago
Scientists have found evidence of several waves of migration by looking at the genetic signatures of human interbreeding with Neanderthals ..read more
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Bigheaded Salamander-like Fossil Turns Up in a Place No One Expected it
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by Asher Elbein
2M ago
An ancient aquatic predator resembling a giant salamander turned up in an African fossil deposit, suggesting unwritten chapters of how animals moved onto land ..read more
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How Flounder Wound Up With an Epic Side-Eye
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by Carl Zimmer
3M ago
Flatfish offer an evolutionary puzzle: How did one eye gradually migrate to the other side ..read more
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Book Review: ‘Origin Story,’ by Howard Markel
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by Sam Kean
3M ago
In a new book, the medical historian Howard Markel homes in on Darwin’s physical and emotional travails — and the colleagues who rallied to his cause ..read more
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Parasitismo sexual: así conquistaron los peces anzuelo el fondo marino
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by William J. Broad
3M ago
Un nuevo estudio sugiere que los peces anzuelo y los rape se aprovecharon de una extraña estrategia sexual para garantizar su reproducción ..read more
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