New research reveals that tiny ocean bacteria exchange genetic information with one another, even when widely separated, by a previously undocumented mechanism.
Scientists have discovered a gene-transfer mechanism in Prochlorococcus, the world’s most abundant photosynthetic organism, that may be key to its abundance and diversity. They have dubbed the agents that carry out this transfer “tycheposons.”
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The trick to understanding evolution is less about finding good answer to questions, but rather, finding good questions to answer.
Read that sentence twice, because it is very important.
Years ago, Niko Tinbergen developed a method of formulating questions about biology. I'm pretty sure the Tinbergenian method has not been integrated into most science standards and teaching curriculum. It should be.
There are four types of questions one could formulate about a biological system, trait, or observation.
New generations of 3D printers could see the arrival of entirely new types of products on the market in five to ten years. What is innovative about these printers is that they can simultaneously print electronic functions such as light-emitting diodes and conductor paths.