Evolution

Tracking MRSA Through Hospitals And Across Continents

Using high resolution genome sequencing, an international team of researchers has tracked a particularly virulent strain of MRSA as it traveled between South America, Europe and Southeast Asia. The findings shed light on how these deadly bacteria are able ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 25 2010 - 12:35pm

“What Are We, In The Eyes Of Alien Probers?”

When aliens come to Earth to investigate life here, they don’t simply beam up a specimen and start probing. (And they’re also, by the way, not disproportionately interested in the anus.) Only a novice prober would do a simple beam-and-probe, and would sure ...

Article - Mark Changizi - Jan 26 2010 - 2:07pm

Should Doctors Study Evolution?

A series of articles in the January 26 issue of PNAS illustrates recent progress in applying evolutionary theory to a range of questions in medicine and public health, and may lead to medical students soon being tested on evolution in medical entrance and ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2010 - 11:51am

Haplocheirus Sollers Discovery Solves Evolutionary Puzzle

Researchers from George Washington University and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology have discovered a new species of Jurassic theropod dinosaur called Haplocheirus sollers in Xinjiang, China. The team says the discovery illustr ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2010 - 4:20pm

Hi-resolution Evolution: A Repeat Performance

What kinds of genetic changes are required to evolve significant changes in body shape and size? The availability of affordable, state-of-the-art DNA sequencing and array technology has made it possible to study evolution at a level of molecular detail ina ...

Article - Michael White - Jan 31 2010 - 12:23am

Evolution And Ecology Are Reciprocal Forces, Study Shows

The traditional view in biology is that ecology shapes evolution. The environment defines a template and the process of evolution by natural selection shapes organisms to fit that template. Some  recent research suggest, however, that evolutionary processe ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 1 2010 - 5:48pm

The Myth Of Biological Selfishness

As addressed in other posts, there is a significant difference between "selfishness" and "self-interest".  However, it seems that there is still a general insistence on perpetuating the selfishness perspective. ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Feb 3 2010 - 12:20pm

Carnival of Evolution Now Online

Go check out Carnival of Evolution # 20 at Skeptic Wonder. This month's issue includes a metagenomic analysis of the carnival submissions. (I get a fairly long phylogenetic branch of my own!) Go check it out! Read the feed: ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Feb 3 2010 - 9:26pm

Study Reveals Driving Force Behind Cell Evolution

In an article published this week in Science, Monash University biochemists say they have discovered the process by which bacteria developed into more complex cells and that this crucial evolutionary step happened much earlier than previously thought. The ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2010 - 12:33pm

ET: Anybody Home?

There is a presumption among many people that extraterrestrial life is a foregone conclusion and that it is only awaiting our discovery.  The Drake equation is usually highlighted as many astronomers suggest that with the billions of worlds available, that ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Feb 9 2010 - 4:40pm