A US lawmaker introduces largely symbolic legislation to honor Charles Darwin, the Associated Press reports.
Bacteria living inside human, chimp, gorilla, and monkey lice appear to have evolved alongside the parasitic pests.
In PNAS this week: genetic hints of adaptive evolution in Atlantic herring, ancestry of ancient individuals from the Pacific Northwest, and more.
Cephalopods with complex hunting, behavioral, and social behavior seem to adjust post-transcriptional processes to adapt to changing environments.
Two manuscript pages handwritten by Charles Darwin are going on the auction block, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Researchers sequenced and analyzed 169 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from people with and without HIV infections.
Though they face challenges in sample collection, data analysis and storage, and funding, the EBP researchers are optimistic they will succeed.
Mutation and expression patterns in longitudinal, multifocal, and solitary tumor samples suggest glioblastoma follows a multiverse model of evolution.
Yale researchers find that autism risk-linked genes are also associated with increased cognitive ability, according to the Independent.
Researchers studying Timema stick insects found that small genetic changes over time due to selective mating could be how individual species evolve.
University of Idaho researchers model the scientific discovery process to examine the link between reproducibility and scientific truth.
A bill passed by a US House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee would give scientific agencies including the National Science Foundation boosts in funding.
Relocating USDA agencies outside of Washington, DC, may make them less effective, critics of the move tell NPR.
In PLOS this week: genes that help Borrelia burgdorferi survive in ticks, CiliaCarta collection of about 1,000 suspected cilia genes, and more.
