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How Heat Kills Cells
...it, evidently, the life of the cell. This paradox — that some of the most important proteins seem to be the most delicate — may reflect how evolution has shaped...
Swirling Bacteria Linked to the Physics of Phase Transitions
...course, to imagine that bacterial patterns represent evolution’s handiwork. “Since the laws of physics allow you to essentially get patterns for free, it’s attractive to think that biology could take...
Solution: ‘Friday the 13th’
...come close to the year when Charles Darwin published what the philosopher Daniel Dennett has called “the greatest idea that anyone ever had” — the theory of evolution by natural...
A Map of Human History, Hidden in DNA
...His early exposure to human differences — “I loved geography, I loved languages, I loved history” — morphed into a deep curiosity about evolution and genetic diversity. His work reflects...
Is It Friday the 13th Again?
...tackled questions related to time: How much time does it take for a gene’s rate of evolution to slow to a virtual standstill? How many half-lives does a pound of...
Solution: ‘A Ticking Evolutionary Clock’
How to calculate when a gene’s rate of evolution will slow to a crawl. Carrie Arnold’s article, “Evolution Runs Faster on Short Timescales,” explored new research showing that genetic changes...
A Ticking Evolutionary Clock
...evolution. Carrie Arnold’s article, “Evolution Runs Faster on Short Timescales,” explores new research showing that genetic changes that are quite brisk when measured over a few generations seem to slow...
Evolution Runs Faster on Short Timescales
...calls the time-dependent rate phenomenon. Simon Ho, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Sydney, found that evolution takes place at varying rates. “Think of it like the stock market,”...
Why Did Life Move to Land? For the View
...The work has implications for the future evolution of human cognition. Perhaps one day we will be able to take the next evolutionary leap by overcoming what MacIver jokingly calls...