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Insects and mammals share ancient molecular regulators of the brain's internal clock

On a certain level, extinction is all about energy

The antibiotic cocktail produced by bacteria did not change very much over the course of its evolution and its antipathogenic effect remained unaltered

Spear-throwing gave homo sapiens better eye-hand coordination, smarter brains

University of Iowa biologist finds giant virus family and eukaryotes have similar set of genes

UCSB researchers find that the amino acid arginine may have played a more important role in the chemical origins of life

An extraordinary new species of arachnid has been discovered in amber from Myanmar and dates to the mid-Cretaceous age, around 100 million years ago

Flowering plants likely originated between 149 and 256 million years ago according to new UCL-led research

Researchers in Japan found that a small, non-specific tweak to a mammal's DNA can potentially cause specific and significant physical changes