Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

Evolution = optimization Evolution is the driving force for every organism. Given its environment, an organism adapts, survives, and withstands selective pressure. "Adaptation can be seen as an ...

Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) has been associated with a variety of adverse outcomes, most notably hematologic malignancy and ischemic cardiovascular disease. A series of recent studies also suggest that ...

Three million years ago, our ancestors were vegetarian Nitrogen isotopes in tooth enamel show no evidence of meat consumption in Australopithecus Date: January 17, 2025 Source: University of the ...

R package with collection of functions created and/or curated to aid in the visualization and analysis of single-cell data using R.

This study not only leads to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of microcephaly in AUTS2 syndrome and the molecular function of AUTS2, but also sheds light on the evolution of the mammalian ...

lifestyle and brain integrity -- measured by cortical thickness -- as well as cognitive evolution and brain atrophy over time. "The aim was to elucidate how various combinations of psychological ...

Researchers published a new study, “Ongoing chromothripsis underpins osteosarcoma genome complexity and clonal evolution,” in Cell that they say solves the mystery of what drives the genomic ...