evolution
Alzheimer's origins tied to rise of human intelligence
Posted in Medicine on 24th May, 2015
by Alex Muller
Factors that drove the evolution of intellectual capacity are also implicated in the memory disorder.
Fossils fill evolutionary gap between fish and 4-legged beasts
Posted in Featured, Science on 10th May, 2015
by Alex Muller
How did fish evolve into four-legged beasts that roam the land? A key part of that mystery has been solved by fossils found on a Nova Scotia beach.
Why Don't Animals Get Schizophrenia (and How Come We Do)?
Posted in Medicine on 26th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Research suggest an evolutionary link between the disorder and what makes us human.
Researchers may have solved origin-of-life conundrum
Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
The crash of meteors on early Earth likely generated hydrogen cyanide, which could have kick-started the production of molecules needed to make the first cells.
'Big Brain' Gene Found in Humans, Not Chimps
Posted in Science on 28th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
A single gene may have paved the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of brain cells found in a key brain region.