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High School Teachers Influence Student Views Of Evolution & Creationism
May 4, 2009 — College students' views about evolution and creationism are often shaped by what they learned in their high school biology classes, according to a new ... > full story -
Cultural Evolution Continues Throughout Life, Mathematical Models Suggest
August 14, 2009 — By successively acquiring culture in the form of values, ideas, and actions throughout their lives, humans influence future learning and the capacity for cultural evolution. The number of learning ... > full story -
Slowing Evolution to Stop Drug Resistance
November 17, 2009 — Infectious organisms that become resistant to antibiotics are a serious threat to human society. They are also a natural part of evolution. In a new project, researchers in Sweden are attempting to ... > full story -
Natural Selection Not The Only Process That Drives Evolution?
January 28, 2009 — Why have some of our genes evolved rapidly? It is widely believed that Darwinian natural selection is responsible, but new research suggests that a separate neutral (nonadaptive) process has made a ... > full story -
Sicilian Plant Gene Enters British Genetic Language
November 25, 2008 — Scientists have identified a key gene that was transferred from a Sicilian plant into a close relative in Britain, showing how genetic cross-talk between species can be important for ... > full story -
You Say Po-TAY-To, And I Say Pot-AAH-To! Language Evolves Through Our Own Use Of It
October 20, 2009 — Change in language can be compared with evolution in the world of animals and plants. According to a Dutch researcher, an individual user of language can spark off an evolution of his or her ... > full story -
Darwin Killed Off The Werewolf
June 30, 2009 — It was Darwinian theory that did away with the werewolf. The publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species exactly 150 years ago focused minds on a different kind of monster – ... > full story -
Easter Island: Volcanism Hotspot
May 4, 2009 — Easter Island (aka Rapa Nui) is fascinating due to its remote location in the South Pacific Ocean and its cultural achievement, yielding hundreds of giant stone monoliths. Easter Island also stands ... > full story -
Scorpion Biodiversity Seen In 'Evolution Canyon'
April 18, 2009 — Scorpions possess resistance to high temperatures and the ability to conserve water for long periods of time, and as a result thrive in hot and arid parts of the world. But is this global ... > full story -
Elephant Shark Genome Sequence Leads To Discovery Of Color Perception In Deep-Sea Fish
March 18, 2009 — The elephant shark, a primitive deep-sea fish that belongs to the oldest living family of jawed vertebrates, can see color much like humans can. This discovery may enhance scientists' understanding ... > full story
