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Insects: neglected victims of climate change
Biology

Insects: neglected victims of climate change

Insect species such as butterflies and beetles will need many protection measures equivalent to typical species associated with previous conservation campaigns, such as…

December 17, 2018
Pressure makes people evolve faster
Biology

Pressure makes people evolve faster

Scientists claim that human evolution has not stopped because our genes are responding to changes from the outside environment.

December 17, 2018
Human evolution has ended
Biology

Human evolution has ended

Humans will not take another step in the evolutionary path because the impetus for it is disappearing, a leading UK genetic expert said.

December 17, 2018
Flies also suffer from 'neighbors'
Biology

Flies also suffer from 'neighbors'

Two new studies are published in the September 11 edition of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, revealing that fruit flies are also affected by neighbors.

December 17, 2018
Strange fish 'objections' smart design
Biology

Strange fish 'objections' smart design

Discover the lost link in the evolutionary chain of bizarre flatfish (they have both eyes on one side of the head) that can wobble smart design advocates.

December 17, 2018
The strange sex life of a melon
Biology

The strange sex life of a melon

French scientists have just discovered a gene that can change the sex of the melon flower, so that a plant can produce both male and bisexual flowers.

December 17, 2018
Dispersed or extinct?
Biology

Dispersed or extinct?

According to a professor at the Queen's University, plants living in areas outside their natural habitat are unlikely to improve their viability when global temperatures…

December 17, 2018