Webb reveals a sample of galaxies with unusual features, nicknamed 'Platypus'

After combing through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of ...

Thousands catch this nasty parasite from pets. Now scientists know why

An Australian study has shed light on a pest you’ve probably hosted at some point – and it has unearthed a new theory about ...

Can indigenous efforts at genome-edited crop breeding offer food security?

Restricted access to genome-editing technologies poses serious challenges for countries like India that urgently need such ...
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Evolution in action: These rare bears have adapted to be friendlier and less aggressive

Are bears getting soft on us? After centuries of living in close proximity with people, a population of brown bears has ...
The Debrief

This Vampire-Like Organism “Lost Much of What Defines It” to an Odd Twist in Evolution—So It Became a Parasite Instead

Balanophora may look like a mushroom, but instead of being a fungus, it's a parasitic plant with rare traits that puzzle ...

RedHook’s Alex Powys Talks 10 Drummers Who Influenced His Playing On ‘Mutation’

Paying homage to Parkway Drive's Ben Gordon, Polaris's Dan Furnari, Stray From The Path's Craig Reynolds & more The post RedHook’s Alex Powys Talks 10 Drummers Who Influenced His Playing On ‘Mutation’ ...
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The Evolution of Zombies: From African Myth to Global Pop Culture

Zombies have shuffled, moaned, and devoured their way into nearly every corner of modern pop culture. It is one of the most ...
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Scientists stunned after discovering unexpected 'mutation' in common US creatures: 'Somehow gets perpetuated'

"Continuing to do research on this topic is important." Scientists stunned after discovering unexpected 'mutation' in common ...
Science Daily

Scientists say evolution works differently than we thought

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

Ruby 4.0: A lot of restructuring under the hood, few new features

The new major version with a new JIT compiler, a revised parallelization API, and a maturing type system paves the way for ...
Medical Xpress

New mutation hotspot discovered in human genome

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be passed down to future generations and are important for how we ...
New York Post

What is inversion 3 mutation? Inside Tatiana Schlossberg’s rare genetic anomaly

Tatiana Schlossberg, the youngest granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, recently revealed she was diagnosed with terminal acute myeloid leukemia (AML) due to a rare genetic anomaly. In a ...