Jan. 18 (UPI) --New research shows humans and mice regulate their genes in similar ways. Because many living organisms face similar problems and ecological pressures, they sometimes develop similar ...

Beyond the morbidity and mortality associated with the pandemic, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has paralyzed the global economy, causing suffering to education and psychological health. At ...

A 30-year-long study of a small population of marine snail shows how evolution can adapt to environmental changes quite rapidly. This study revealed how a specific ecotype of the snail changed its ...

Astronomers have found evidence that some stars boast unexpectedly strong surface magnetic fields, a discovery that challenges current models of how they evolve. Astronomers have found evidence that ...

Computer simulations suggest that evolution itself could be evolving, depending on environmental pressures. This would mean ...

Rice plants can inherit tolerance to cold without changes to their genomes, according to a decade-long study 1 carried out by researchers in China. The work, published in Cell today, strengthens the ...

A team of researchers may have finally resolved the mystery that is intermediate black holes (IMBHs). For decades, astronomers have been trying to detect these kinds of black holes, with very little ...