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A Primordial Nucleus Behind the Elements of Life
...enables the genesis of life, but it also drives the evolution of stars. “The carbon-oxygen-nitrogen cycle is simply crucial for the formation of almost all the other elements, and for...
Hunger Game: Is Honesty Between Animals Always the Best Policy?
...chances of mating). Will evolution program you to be honest, growing a lightweight tail that reflects your true fitness? Or will it have you risk life and limb by cultivating...
In Mysterious Pattern, Math and Nature Converge
...may behave like the parameters you computed.” This technique is enabling scientists to understand the structure and evolution of the Internet. Certain properties of this vast computer network, such as...
Peering Into the Early Universe
...theories of the birth and evolution of space and time, Gilmore said. A rendering of the European Extremely Large Telescope in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The 39.3-meter E-ELT will be the...
Waiting for the Revolution
...the revolution? Quantum mechanics remains our latest revolution. That said, some scientists are waiting for an irreducible final theory. Reductionism has proven to be an extraordinary successful method of investigation....
A New Approach to Building the Tree of Life
When the British morphologist St. George Jackson Mivart published one of the first evolutionary trees in 1865, he had very little to go on. He built the tree — a...
Tiny Genomes May Offer Clues to First Plants and Animals
...evolution of cell parts. The combination of host and symbiont has allowed Tremblaya to cast off many of its genes, surviving with a genome size once thought to be impossible....
The Surprising Origins of Life’s Complexity
...this process “constructive neutral evolution.” Gray has been encouraged by some recent studies that provide compelling evidence for constructive neutral evolution. One of the leaders in this research is Joe...
In Pursuit of Quantum Biology With Birgitta Whaley
...the atomic structure of DNA. In it, he made the case that quantum physics governs the evolution of “gene molecules” containing the “code” for life. And he proposed that because...