Researchers led by electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a better way to perform the ...

Neurobiological emergentism” explains how sentience—the subjective feeling aspects of consciousness—developed in ancient animals that evolved the first complex neural systems.

Is there only one optimal configuration an organism can reach during evolution? Is there a single formula that describes the trajectory towards the optimum? And can we 'derive' it in a purely ...

Mono Lake, nestled in California’s Eastern Sierra Nevada, is a haven for unique life forms. Its iconic tufa formations and thriving populations of brine shrimp and alkali flies showcase an ecosystem ...

Evolution is the basis of biological diversity, driven by mechanisms that allow organisms to adapt and survive. One such mechanism is polyploidy ...

For over half a billion years, evolution has sculpted the nervous systems of bilaterian animals, equipping them with ...

Evolution is complex and difficult to study, but a new software package developed by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment ...

Nitrogen isotope analysis of tooth enamel reveals no evidence of meat consumption in Australopithecus. New research published ...

Foraminifera, though eukaryotic, have adapted to use chemoautotrophy to enable them to survive where oxygen and sunlight are ...

Scientists discovered that choanoflagellates coordinate their movements through electrical signaling via voltage-gated ...

Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns ...

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