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Does Stress Speed Up Evolution?

Getting control of the molecular mechanisms that drive rapid mutations.

March 24, 2016

Spark of Science: Sean B. Carroll

One biologist’s love for science got kickstarted by snakes.

March 24, 2016

Can a Living Creature Be as Big as a Galaxy?

Why life is constrained to be about the sizes we see on Earth.

March 24, 2016

Junk Food Is Bad For Plants, Too

How a steady diet of fertilizers has turned crops into couch potatoes.

The Classic Metal Behind the Origins of Life

A collection of metal atoms called the “metallome” helped drive evolution.

March 17, 2016

Sex Is a Coping Mechanism

Did sexual reproduction evolve to keep up with mitochondrial mutation?

March 17, 2016