Jan. 17, 2025 — Scientists explored the evolutionary success of leaf beetles, the most diverse herbivores on Earth. They showed that symbioses with bacteria have evolved repeatedly and ...

Evolutionary developmental biology is the comparative study of organismal development and how it has evolved. There is a particular focus on the genetic basis of phenotypic structures, how they ...

Collecting, processing, and analyzing genetic information to better understand the distribution and evolution of organisms at a population level.

Learning science can be more fun after a study released by Ateneo de Manila University showed that using internet memes in teaching biology to senior high school showed better understanding and ...

Evolutionary biology is the study of this process, which can occur through mechanisms including natural selection, sexual selection and genetic drift. Human genetic diversity and evolution rely on ...

Jan. 22, 2025 — Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the ...

A new study reported in Current Biology on January 20 is the first to describe a phenomenon researchers refer to as "contagious urinations." The study in 20 captive chimpanzees living at the ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to fire his fact-checking team has opened the floodgates to a deluge of scams, hate speech, propaganda and lies. I first discovered how the platform used by 3.2 ...

Which led me to ask: how might human evolution be altered by interactions with a world of rich AI diversity? In a paper just published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, I considered the many ...

eLife is a non-profit organisation inspired by research funders and led by scientists. Our mission is to help scientists accelerate discovery by operating a platform for research communication that ...

But what exactly is a memes? The term was coined in 1976 by the biologist Richard Dawkins to indicate “a cultural unit” that spreads through imitation and adaptation, a bit like genes do in biology.

As a geneticist and a child of immigrants, I study the intersection of biology and bias. I am also author of the book "Where ...