Life
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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- Life
Replaying evolution
By watching bacteria evolve in the lab for 20 years, researchers show that evolution may be rather capricious.
- Life
Tracing human roots
Using a new method of data analysis, researchers have found that the Americas were peopled in two different migrations.
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- Health & Medicine
Monkey think, robotic monkey arm do
In a step toward someday making brain-controlled prosthetic arms for people, scientists have trained monkeys to control a robotic arm with their thoughts. Click on the image to read the story and see the video.
- Life
Killer bee colonization
A NASA project will combine satellite observations of plant growth in the continental United States and projections of how climate might change in coming years to estimate where “killer bees” could ultimately survive in the wild.
- Earth
Life down deep
Deep-sea sediments provide a habitat for diverse and abundant populations of microorganisms and may be home to as much as 70 percent of the bacteria on the planet, new studies suggest.
- Paleontology
Walking tall
Some types of the largest flying reptiles ever known were well adapted to life on the ground.
- Life
Two-mommy bird nests
Researchers have found an unexpected number of two-female nests in Oahu’s bird colony.
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- Ecosystems
That sinking feeling
The sea level rise expected in the coming century will swamp the Everglades unless current management is adjusted or climate change is curbed.
- Ecosystems
Better than a local lady
Orchids lure male pollinators by mimicking the scent of out-of-town female bees.
