Congenital heart disease results in babies being born with structural defects to their hearts. It is one of the most common kind of human birth defects, yet its genetic causes remain poorly understood ...

The segmental pattern is established during embryogenesis when the somites — the embryonic segments of vertebrates — are rhythmically produced from the paraxial mesoderm. This process involves ...

This isn’t evolution by natural selection; this is evolution by sheer audacity, where progress is less about survival and more about convincing yourself (and your neighbours) that you have ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found ...

Version of Record: This is the final version of the article. This study combines hESC engineering, differentiation, detailed gene expression, genome occupancy, and pathway modulation to elucidate the ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. Let’s talk about the biggest coincidence in human ...

Feb. 26, 2025 — It's not what you do, it's how readily you do it. Rapid evolutionary change might have more to do with how easily a key innovation can be gained or lost rather than with the ...

Unrevealing of the Spatio-temporal coupling coordination characteristics and its influencing factors of carbon emissions from urban use and ecosystem service values in China at the municipal scale ...

The work provides the first experimental evidence showing how natural selection can shape genetic systems to enhance future capacity for evolution, challenging traditional perspectives on ...

But does the process itself also change over time, and if so, what would drive the evolution of evolution? In a new paper published Dec. 31, 2024, in the journal PNAS , biologists suggest that ...