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The Secret, Stressful Stories of Fossils
A new field called paleoepigenetics is probing how evolution responds to sudden stress.
November 23, 2015
The Neuron’s Secret Partner
Glial cells are the brain’s architects, doctors, police, janitors, and gardeners.
July 29, 2015
The Rise and Fall of the Living Fossil
The idea that some species are relics that have stopped evolving is finally going extinct.
March 4, 2015
Tantalizing Creatures with Male and Female Genes
Gyandromorphs overturn traditional theories of sexual development.
April 25, 2014
Half Male, Half Female, Total Animal
Mixed-sex animals teach us about our own multifarious nature.
April 25, 2014