Secrets of the butterfly supergene that controls wing colors and patterns

Many butterflies develop wing patterns that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators. While growing complex ...
C&EN

Multiscale Regulation of Rhizosphere Microorganisms on the Spatiotemporal Variation of Soil Amino Acid Nitrogen During Plant Succession: A Case Study from the Desert Riparian ...

College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China ...
The Washington Post

I’m a former creationist. Here’s why ‘follow the science’ failed.

Ella Al-Shamahi is the host of “Human,” premiering on PBS this month. As an 18-year-old Muslim missionary, I enrolled at University College London intent on destroying the theory of evolution. Today, ...
The New York Times

How Did Hands Evolve? The Answer Is Behind You.

The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study suggests. Researchers armed with CRISPR looked to the embryos of zebrafish ...
C&EN

Characterization of Variation in Natural Product Production Under Chemical Elicitation Using Parallel Stable Isotope Labeling

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Retzky College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States Center for Biomolecular Sciences, Retzky College of ...
Phys.org

The science of sacrifice: How altruism and evolution can work in tandem

Hamilton's rule, introduced in the 1960s, says that altruism—helping others at your own expense—can evolve when the benefits to others, multiplied by how closely related they are to you, outweigh the ...
The Conversation

‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse

Thomas Morgan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...