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Sea Snails Break The Law (April 26, 2007) -- Lizards gave rise to legless snakes. Cave fishes don't have eyeballs. In evolution, complicated structures often get lost. Dollo's Law states that complicated structures can't be re-evolved because ... > full story

Sea Squirt, Heal Thyself: Scientists Make Major Breakthrough In Regenerative Medicine (April 25, 2007) -- Findings described in a new study by Stanford scientists may be the first step toward a major revolution in human regenerative medicine -- a future where advanced organ damage can be repaired by the ... > full story

Bony Vertebrate Evolution: Elephant Sharks Closer To Humans Than Teleost Fish (April 3, 2007) -- The cartilaginous elephant shark has a basal phylogenetic position useful for understanding jawed vertebrate evolution. Survey sequencing of its genome identified four Hox clusters, suggesting that, ... > full story

RNA Enzyme Structure Offers A Glimpse Into The Origins Of Life (March 16, 2007) -- Researchers have determined the three-dimensional structure of an RNA enzyme, or "ribozyme," that carries out a fundamental reaction required to make new RNA molecules. Their results provide insight ... > full story

New Study Rewrites Evolutionary History Of Vespid Wasps (March 8, 2007) -- Scientists at the University of Illinois have conducted a genetic analysis of vespid wasps that revises the vespid family tree and challenges long-held views about how the wasps' social behaviors ... > full story

Individuals And Populations Differ In Gene Activity Levels, Not Just Genes (March 7, 2007) -- Much like how a person's genetic code differs from other individuals, the level at which those genes are activated in the body differs from one person to another, scientists have learned. And though ... > full story

Two-step Process Filters Evolution Of Genes Of Human And Chimpanzee (March 6, 2007) -- About 5,000 tiny differences play a key role in the evolutionary divergence between the human and chimpanzee genomes. Before a new mutation can take its place in the human genome it has to pass ... > full story

Ancient Retrovirus Is Resurrected (March 1, 2007) -- Retroviruses have been around longer than humanity itself. In fact, the best-known family member, HIV, is a relative youngster, with its first known human infections occurring sometime in the ... > full story

Early Europeans Unable To Stomach Milk (March 1, 2007) -- The first direct evidence that early Europeans were unable to digest milk has been found by scientists at UCL (University College London) and Mainz ... > full story

Experimental Evolution In Robots Probes The Emergence Of Biological Communication (February 24, 2007) -- Using an ingenious approach involving virtual robots that possess evolvable genomes, researchers have identified key factors that may play important roles in determining the manner in which ... > full story

Hunting Martian Fossils Best Bet For Locating Mars Life, Says Researcher (February 19, 2007) -- Hunting for traces of life on Mars calls for two radically different strategies, says Arizona State University professor Jack Farmer. Of the two, he says, with today's exploration technology we can ... > full story

Europeans' Understanding Of Science, Evolution, More Advanced Than Americans (February 18, 2007) -- When it comes to scientific literacy, Americans aren't nearly as evolved as they may think. In fact, only about 40 percent of American adults accept the basic idea of evolution, a figure much lower ... > full story

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