Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and simplification is a much more ...

Jan. 22, 2025 — Is there only one optimal configuration an organism can reach during evolution? Is there a single formula that describes the trajectory towards the optimum? And can we 'derive ...

Leveraging the power of large language models, evolutionary biologists have successfully simulated 500 million years of ...

As research expands, the emphasis will shift towards a holistic approach, focusing on the symbiotic relationship between body ...

A new study reveals that Tibetan communities have developed unique adaptations to survive in the low-oxygen conditions of the ...

Residents should tell the Iowa Department of Education to stop its effort to inject private beliefs into science standards, writes Bruce Lear.

A startup founded by former Meta researchers is creating an alternative evolutionary path using the most powerful ...

A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the ...

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers ...