Month: October 2015

‘Warm-bloodedness’, a characteristic of mammals, is a trait encompassing a suite of physiological processes that…

The use of superlatives to describe cancer drugs in news articles as ‘breakthrough,’ ‘revolutionary,’ ‘miracle’…

Despite rhetoric that pits ‘anti-vaxxers’ versus ‘pro-vaxxers,’ most new parents probably qualify as vaccine-neutral–that is,…

By observing evolution’s ‘greatest hits’ (and misses) and the history of the major themes and…

Among the many groups of marine reptiles from the Age of Dinosaurs, elasmosaurs are famous…

Scientists are using the mummified remains of seals freeze-dried in Antarctica to examine the long-term…

Even before the age of dinosaurs, big toothy predators were roaming Texas. 300 million years…

It will be increasingly difficult for protein molecules to remain anonymous, and increasingly easy for…

The discovery of two new transitional species is helping reveal the pattern of evolution in…

Evidence from fossils suggests that multiple global warming events, which occurred over 50 million years…