Do the Genes of Warriors Win the Evolution Battle?
“War—what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.” So runs the 1970 pop song that Edwin Starr made famous and that’s now the obligatory soundtrack for every documentary about the…
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Scientists Uncover A Difference Between the Sexes
Male and female brains operate differently at a molecular level, a Northwestern University research team reports in a new study of a brain region involved in learning and memory, responses…
Loss of Altruism (and A Body Plan) Without A Loss of Genes
The evolutionary loss of the ‘altruistic’ worker caste in ants is not accompanied by a loss of genes, an international team of researchers has found. The results reported in this…
UBC Scientists Discover Possible “Obesity Gene”
Scientists at the University of British Columbia have discovered a gene that could be an important cause of obesity. The gene, which encodes a protein called 14-3-3zeta, is found in…
Genders Differ Dramatically in Evolved Mate Preferences
Men’s and women’s ideas of the perfect mate differ significantly due to evolutionary pressures, according to a cross-cultural study on multiple mate preferences by psychologists at The University of Texas…
Soraya de Chadarevian awarded NSF grant for "Heredity under the Microscope: A History of Human Chromosomes."
Congratulations to Professor Soraya de Chadarevian, who was awarded an NSF grant for her book project, “Heredity under the Microscope: A History of Human Chromosomes.” This award, from the Science, Technology…