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Teeth May Reveal a Multi-Day Biological Clock
...Colorado, Boulder, who has studied body-size evolution and who now studies growth in humans and nonhuman primates. “I think he is one of those people that is ahead of his...
Quantum Gravity’s Time Problem
...the time-evolution of the other photon. However, an external observer can show that the global entangled state does not evolve.” Other theoretical work has led to similar conclusions. Geometric patterns,...
Scientists Seek to Update Evolution
...group of biologists argue that the Modern Synthesis needs an overhaul. It has to be recast as a new vision of evolution, which they’ve dubbed the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis. Other...
Richard Lenski: A Conductor of Evolution’s Subtle Symphony
Richard Lenski discusses how he has been surprised by evolution. Logan Zillmer for Quanta Magazine...
A Conductor of Evolution’s Subtle Symphony
...as the long-term evolution experiment. The project, started in 1988, examines evolution in action. He and his lab members have been growing 12 populations of E. coli continuously for over...
Giant Genetic Map Shows Life’s Hidden Links
...evolution. As beautiful as the bird’s-eye view of the cell is, this work goes beyond biological voyeurism. This information can tell us about the evolution of the cell and, potentially,...
Science Evolves. Will Science Education?
...that a fundamental theory like evolution is on shaky ground — it is not. But rather that scientists are still debating some of the specific mechanisms by which evolution produces...
Meet the New Math, Unlike the Old Math
...with me.” Still, NGSS has had its controversies. The document includes standards related to climate change and evolution, which has motivated opposition in conservative states. And, politics aside, the standards...
Watching Evolution Happen in Two Lifetimes
...of evolution by natural selection. Was this the first time anyone had observed evolution in real time? Peter Grant on Daphne Major in 1995. PG: In a natural environment, yes....