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Tree of life
In biology, the tree of life is a model and research tool used to explore the relationship networks and evolution of organisms. Using tree diagrams to map genealogical relationships dates back to the medieval era.
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NOV 23, 2022Plants & Animals
The connection between nature and health has received quite a bit of attention in recent years. For example, some studie ...Written By: Ryan VingumNOV 14, 2022Plants & Animals
Palm trees are a fixture of tropical locales. We often think of them when we think of warm vacation locations, including ...Written By: Ryan VingumNOV 09, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The tree of life has three branches: archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes. Eukaryotes include complex organisms, including ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2022Plants & Animals
Equipped with a mohawk, a long sharp beak, and a quick stride the roadrunner has the tools and cunning to adapt to a rug ...Written By: Timothy JamesOCT 26, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
If you're a Star Trek fan, you've heard of the Borg, a hive-mind that can assimilate others as they seek to take control ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2022Neuroscience
Lawyer Henry T. Greely analyzes the relevance of Mary Shelley's classic, "Frankenstein," in light of today's bioscienceOCT 17, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene sequences are made up of nucleotide bases, which are 'read' by the cell's machinery in triplets; three ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2022Microbiology
Microbial growth is everywhere. So can we use it to our benefit? Using the Caulobacter crescentus bacterium, researchers ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2022Microbiology
We each carry thousands of different species of microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts, and that gut microbiome h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, a team of researchers from F ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 24, 2022Microbiology
It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature, a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota (U-M) conducted a five-yea ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 12, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Sperm and egg cells, or gametes, are unusual. Egg cells are some of the largest cell types, and sperm are some of the sm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Written by John Winsor The scientific industry is massive, with millions of lab workers generating biohazard bags full o ...JUN 28, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Recent research has suggested that all eukaryotic life is descended from an Asgard archaeaWritten By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
No one wants to grow old. Everyone wants to live forever and completely kick Father Time right out of the way. Why? Beca ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 03, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Mapping your family tree can be a fun way to learn more about our history. Researchers have done that on a much bigger s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2022Genetics & Genomics
You may have seen some of the headlines: "The Christmas Present That Could Tear Your Family Apart," while anot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2022Space & Astronomy
Recently, we explored our history of wonder for Mars and humanity’s fascination with the Red Planet dating back to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 21, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Life on earth is rich with diversity, and while we know a lot about some organisms, there is still so much more to learn ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2022Microbiology
Microbes are known for their ability to evolve. Many types of microbes can interact with one another, and easily exchang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2021Plants & Animals
The history of life on earth can be visualized as a branched tree. Some of those branches have spawned more, while other ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2021Plants & Animals
It’s that time of year again. Christmas trees are being bought from tree farms or pulled out of storage and fillin ...Written By: Ryan VingumOCT 31, 2021Microbiology
Single celled organisms called archaea occupy their own branch on the tree of life, like bacteria, but we know a lot les ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2022
Plants & Animals
The connection between nature and health has received quite a bit of attention in recent years. For example, some studie
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
NOV 14, 2022
Plants & Animals
Palm trees are a fixture of tropical locales. We often think of them when we think of warm vacation locations, including
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
NOV 09, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The tree of life has three branches: archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes. Eukaryotes include complex organisms, including
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2022
Plants & Animals
Equipped with a mohawk, a long sharp beak, and a quick stride the roadrunner has the tools and cunning to adapt to a rug
...
Written By:
Timothy James
OCT 26, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
If you're a Star Trek fan, you've heard of the Borg, a hive-mind that can assimilate others as they seek to take control
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2022
Neuroscience
Lawyer Henry T. Greely analyzes the relevance of Mary Shelley's classic, "Frankenstein," in light of today's bioscience
OCT 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene sequences are made up of nucleotide bases, which are 'read' by the cell's machinery in triplets; three
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2022
Microbiology
Microbial growth is everywhere. So can we use it to our benefit? Using the Caulobacter crescentus bacterium, researchers
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2022
Microbiology
We each carry thousands of different species of microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts, and that gut microbiome h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, a team of researchers from F
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 24, 2022
Microbiology
It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature, a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota (U-M) conducted a five-yea
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 12, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sperm and egg cells, or gametes, are unusual. Egg cells are some of the largest cell types, and sperm are some of the sm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Written by John Winsor The scientific industry is massive, with millions of lab workers generating biohazard bags full o
...
JUN 28, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Recent research has suggested that all eukaryotic life is descended from an Asgard archaea
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
No one wants to grow old. Everyone wants to live forever and completely kick Father Time right out of the way. Why? Beca
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 03, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Mapping your family tree can be a fun way to learn more about our history. Researchers have done that on a much bigger s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
You may have seen some of the headlines: "The Christmas Present That Could Tear Your Family Apart," while anot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Recently, we explored our history of wonder for Mars and humanity’s fascination with the Red Planet dating back to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 21, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Life on earth is rich with diversity, and while we know a lot about some organisms, there is still so much more to learn
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2022
Microbiology
Microbes are known for their ability to evolve. Many types of microbes can interact with one another, and easily exchang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2021
Plants & Animals
The history of life on earth can be visualized as a branched tree. Some of those branches have spawned more, while other
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2021
Plants & Animals
It’s that time of year again. Christmas trees are being bought from tree farms or pulled out of storage and fillin
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
OCT 31, 2021
Microbiology
Single celled organisms called archaea occupy their own branch on the tree of life, like bacteria, but we know a lot les
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch