A research team has used a machine learning approach to investigate the evolution of shell structure for nuclei far from the ...

System design is an essential engineering skill necessary for the successful development, maintenance, and evolution of software ... documentation outputs (e.g. diagrams or architecture decision ...

Thank goodness for the irrepressible urge of humans (and other animals) to joke and play around in nearly any situation. Sometimes, it pays big dividends. It certainly did in 1976, when ...

An Unexpected Result: The Mammalian Inner Ear Is a Striking Example of Convergent Evolution Sep. 17, 2024 — A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals.

First the galaxy is dominated by the disk component (left) but active star formation occurs in the huge dust and gas cloud at the center of the galaxy (center). Then the galaxy is dominated by the ...

From Pekingese to St. Bernard and greyhound, dogs come in such startling variety it's easy to forget they belong to the same species. The profusion of breeds today -- at least 150 -- reflects ...

These diagrams don't just organize knowledge of biodiversity - they also show us that living species are the summation of their evolutionary history. Trait evolution is not predictable.

It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...

The reason that the recombination load is a problem for the evolution of sex is better appreciated by looking at evolution at the level of the gene. Imagine a gene that promotes sexual ...

"By looking at Trappist-1, we have been able to test exciting new hypotheses for the evolution of planetary systems," ...