An international team of researchers has created the first detailed genetic map of human proteins, the key building blocks of biology. These discoveries promise to enhance our understanding of a …read more Source:: Science
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Dusty rainfall records reveal new understanding of Earth’s long-term climate
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•Ancient rainfall records stretching 550,000 years into the past may upend scientists’ understanding of what controls the Asian summer monsoon and other aspects of the Earth’s long-term climate. Milankovitch theory …read more Source:: Science
Virus found to adapt through newly discovered path of evolution
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•Biologists have discovered evidence for a new path of evolution, and with it a deeper understanding of how quickly organisms such as viruses can adapt to their environment. The researchers …read more Source:: Science
Soft tissue fossil clues could help search for ancient life on Earth and other planets
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•Fossils that preserve entire organisms (including both hard and soft body parts) are critical to our understanding of evolution and ancient life on Earth. However, these exceptional deposits are extremely …read more Source:: Science
A ‘hot Jupiter’ with unusual winds
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•The hottest point on a gaseous planet near a distant star isn’t where astrophysicists expected it to be — a discovery that challenges scientists’ understanding of the many planets of …read more Source:: Science
Discovery of a 4,000-year-old military network in northern Syria
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•The discovery of more than a thousand sites in Syria has revised our understanding of the settlement of the steppes during all periods in the history of the Near East. …read more Source:: Science
New NASA study improves search for habitable worlds
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•New NASA research is helping to refine our understanding of candidate planets beyond our solar system that might support life. …read more Source:: Science
Understanding the coevolving web of life as a network
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•Coevolution, which occurs when species interact and adapt to each other, is often studied in the context of pair-wise interactions between mutually beneficial symbiotic partners. But many species have mutualistic …read more Source:: Science
Study reshapes understanding of climate change’s impact on early societies
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•A new study linking paleoclimatology — the reconstruction of past global climates — with historical analysis shows a link between environmental stress and its impact on the economy, political stability, …read more Source:: Science
Mechanisms explaining positional diversity of the hindlimb in tetrapod evolution
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•Elucidating how body parts in their earliest recognizable form are assembled in tetrapods during development is essential for understanding the nature of morphological evolution. Researchers found in eight tetrapod species …read more Source:: Science