Scientists Have Discovered a Universal Rule That Shackles Evolution

A single thermal performance curve applies across life, from bacteria to animals. Species differ in optimal temperatures, but ...
Newsweek

Discovery of New Biological Law May Explain Aging and Evolution

A new biological law has been proposed offering key insights into the processes of evolution and aging. Biological laws are recognized patterns that hold true for a group of living organisms. For ...

Conserved genome regulatory elements found in both vertebrates and echinoderms

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...
Phys.org

Mountains as biodiversity engines: How uplift may shape species evolution

A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also influence the evolution of species. In the study, "Direct effects of mountain ...
The Conversation

Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve

Chris Impey receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life ...
The Gazette

Iowa science standards return ‘climate change,’ ‘biological evolution’ terms after feedback

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Following vocal criticism of an initial revision to Iowa’s science education standards that stripped ...
Iowa Public Radio

From 'evolution' to 'biological change,' Iowa science standards face controversial wording changes

Third grade teacher Tracey Broughton teaches students at Perry Creek Elementary School in Sioux City. Iowa’s current draft of its K-12 science standards, which include changing the word “evolution” to ...