Finding a place for "chance" in evolutionWhen we encounter the forms and mechanisms of living things, we ask, "What is the use of this?" Bird wings are useful for flying, and fish gills are useful for ...

[This article continues the sequence that excerpts from the seven author book Liberating Theory. This time the collective work addresses concepts for understanding history with the aim to next and ...

What is Darwin's Theory of Natural SelectionIn a nutshell, Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection is:a mechanism of evolution where individuals with "heritable differences" that are advantageous ...

A comparative genomic study of 12 pig family species reveals lineage-specific immune gene loss, interleukin-1 family ...

Every pill that survives the journey from the stomach into the bloodstream owes much of its success to a single molecular gatekeeper. The human intestinal peptide transporter 1, known to ...

From William Stryker's secret files to a cosmic opening that may have planted an early seed for mutants in the Marvel ...

C.H. Waddington’s powerful image of embryonic stem cells specializing on a rolling landscape has captivated biologists since the 1950s. Experimental data is finally confirming, and complicating, his ...

In 1859, Charles Darwin changed how people viewed themselves and their place in the universe by setting forth his theory of ...

Researchers at the Cancer Epigenetics Institute (CEI) at Fox Chase Cancer Center have discovered how to control and stop the ...

Thankfully not. But individual populations are getting harder to eliminate ...