Biologists long have known that both the appearance of organisms and their inner workings are shaped by evolution. But do the same genetic mechanisms underlie changes in form and function? A new study ...

As Earth formed, new geologic processes, especially those related to the interaction of hot fluids with rock during igneous activity and plate tectonics, gave birth to over 1500 new mineral species (4 ...

Scientists have developed a novel protein evolution approach dubbed optovolution that uses light to guide the evolution of proteins with dynamic, multi-state, and computational functions based on ...

A team of researchers has published a new paper detailing what 400 million years of evolutionary history reveal about the function of both fish and human bitter receptors. To evaluate the chemical ...

Our bodies are not perfectly designed, but are a living archive of evolution. Anatomy reveals a historical record of ...