Genetics & Evolution (general)
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Hesitant to start composting because you fear it will be a smelly, messy inconvenience? Read on. A compost bin can reduce your garbage bill and enrich your garden! more...
DNA Gene Mutations & Evolution
A mutation is an alteration of a gene's DNA sequence that can result in changes to the protein that the mutated gene codes for. more...
Viral Phage Replication & Bacteria
Bacteriophages are a particular type of virus that infects only bacterial cells. Ultimately the virus kills its host, but sometimes it first becomes a hidden prophage. more...
Viral Virion Lysogenic Replication
Bacteriophages reproduce by commandeering a bacterium and ultimately killing it. But sometimes, through lysogeny, the phage doesn't immediately take over its host. more...
Bacteriophages are a special type of virus that exclusively infects bacterial cells. Here's how they recognize, take over and ultimately kill their host bacteria. more...
Genetics of Anxiety Disorder PTSD
JAMA study reveals relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), child abuse and a stress-related gene. more...
DNAs Selective Signature of Genes
Genetic sequencing allows MIT scientists to examine natural selection through the selective signature of a gene across a range of microbial species. more...
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Teilhard de Chardin: Man's Future
By: Will Deatherage
Teilhard de Chardin, a Jesuit priest, claims in his theory that man's fate is to evolve spirtiually, not genetically, toward a version of Christ he calls the Omega Point. more...
This article analyses and questions the trends of brain and testes size in bat species. more...
Bat Mating System and Brain Size
This article examines some of the important hypotheses relating to sexual dimorphism and brain size in bats. more...
By: Will Deatherage
Gaia theory, elaborated by scientists James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis, holds that earth's biosphere is a living whole--in some ways an organism, or super-organism. more...
Evolution is Not a Random Process
By: Sue Cartledge
Researchers in Israel, the U.S, France and Germany have shown that evolution is not a random process, but occurs through the natural selection of successful traits. more...
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