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Blue-eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor
January 31, 2008 — New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. Scientists have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6,000-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye color ... > full story -
Cats' Family Tree Rooted In Fertile Crescent, Study Confirms
January 29, 2008 — The Fertile Crescent of the Middle East has long been identified as a "cradle of civilization" for humans. In a new genetic study, researchers have concluded that all ancestral roads for the modern ... > full story -
Scientists Look At Those In Evolutionary Race Who Don't Make It 'Out Of The Gate'
January 25, 2008 — In the race of evolution, scientists until now have only looked at winners and losers. Now, they've come up with a way to look at the contenders who never made it out of the gate. It's the organisms ... > full story -
Mothers Trade Child Quantity For Quality
January 23, 2008 — Researchers have shown that mothers are choosing to have fewer children in order to give their children the best start in life, but by doing so are going against millenia of human evolution. The ... > full story -
Artificial Viral Shells Could Be Useful Nano-Containers
January 22, 2008 — Researchers are designing an artificial viral shell as a valuable nano-container for pinpoint drug delivery, molecular computing components, and a host of other applications. Chemists were inspired ... > full story -
96-million-year-old Fossil Pollen Sheds Light On Early Pollinators
January 22, 2008 — The collapse of honeybee colonies across North America is focusing attention on the honeybees' vital role in the survival of agricultural crops, and a new study shows insect pollinators have likely ... > full story -
Secret Of Scottish Sheep Evolution Discovered
January 20, 2008 — Researchers have discovered the secret of why dark sheep on a remote Scottish Island are mysteriously declining, seemingly contradicting Darwin's evolutionary ... > full story -
Columbus May Have Brought Syphilis To Europe From New World
January 15, 2008 — Did Columbus and his men introduce the syphilis pathogen into Renaissance Europe after contracting it during their voyage to the New World? Or does syphilis have a much longer history in the Old ... > full story -
Unusual Fish-eating Dinosaur Had Crocodile-like Skull
January 14, 2008 — An unusual dinosaur has been shown to have a skull that functioned like a fish-eating crocodile, despite looking like a dinosaur. It also possessed two huge hand claws, perhaps used as grappling ... > full story -
480-million-year-old Fossil Sheds Light On 150-year-old Paleontological Mystery
January 10, 2008 — Discovery of an exceptional fossil specimen in southeastern Morocco that preserves evidence of the animal's soft tissues has solved a paleontological puzzle about the origins of an extinct group of ... > full story -
Plate Tectonics May Grind To A Halt, Then Start Again
January 7, 2008 — Plate tectonics, the geologic process responsible for creating the Earth's continents, mountain ranges, and ocean basins, may be an on-again, off-again affair. Scientists have assumed that the ... > full story -
Evolution Of Male-female Differences Within A Shared Genome
January 7, 2008 — One of the major components of the world's biological diversity are the differences between males and females in traits related to mating, including weapons used when competing for mates and display ... > full story
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