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Evolutionary adaptations in organisms can be reversed, but rarely
Posted in Science on 7th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
Scientists have showed that some species of insects have gained, lost and regained wings over millions of years.
CO2 emissions threaten ocean crisis
Posted in Science on 4th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
Scientists have warned that marine life will be irreversibly changed unless CO2 emissions are drastically cut.
Earth 'entering new extinction phase' says US study
Posted in Science on 20th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
The report, led by the universities of Stanford, Princeton and Berkeley, said vertebrates were disappearing at a rate 114 times faster than normal.
Fossils explain how life coped during snowball Earth
Posted in Featured, Science on 16th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
The fossils could speak to how life coped in the Cryogenian period, when glaciers held most of Earth in a frozen grip.
Evolution is unpredictable and irreversible, biologists show
Posted in Science on 10th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
The study focuses exclusively on the type of evolution known as purifying selection, which favors mutations that have no or only a small effect in a fixed environment.