A study in fruit flies suggests an internal genomic arms race may be driving rapid evolution in proteins that still perform an essential, unchanging job: protecting chromosome ends.

When a snake displays its fangs, it’s showing off one of evolution’s greatest weapons. This is because snake venom is not a ...

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(via PBS Terra) It’s grudge match time. Except that this one took place over millions of years, between two fierce and formidable enemies. It’s attack vs defence on an epic evolutionary scale.

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The battle between ant hosts and their social parasites is strongly influenced by climate. Temperature and humidity shape how ...

Critical race theory is based on the thought that the concepts of race and racism are produced by social thought and power relations. Race is a socially constructed category used to oppress others, ...

Introduction to the show's theme: the "arms race" between predator and prey as a driving force in evolution. Example where a microbe is predator, humans are prey Russian prisons have spawned a deadly ...

The recombination between parental chromosomes, a characteristic of sexual reproduction, plays a crucial role in evolution. In mammals, a protein called PRDM9 is essential for this process. In a paper ...