Science News Daily http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/ en-us Science News Daily provides daily coverage of the most popular science and technology news Evolution drives many plants and animals to be bigger, faster For the vast majority of plants and animals, the 'bigger is better' view of evolution may not be far off the mark, says a new broad-scale study of natural selection. Organisms with bigger bodies ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/evolution-news/cluster86292386/ Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:46:18 EST 86292386 Furor Erupts Over the Role of Self-Sacrifice in Evolution A furor has broken out among biologists over ant specialist E.O. Wilson's latest attack on a concept used to explain the origins of self-sacrifice in the dog-eat-dog world of evolution. The ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/evolution-news/cluster60179712/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:46:21 EST 60179712 Evolution's gears don't reverse easily http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/evolution-news/cluster96163152/ Thu, 12 May 2011 05:46:24 EST 96163152 At the Edge of Invasion, Possible New Rules for Evolution Just as Galapagos finches are icons of evolution by natural selection, Australia’s cane toads may someday be icons of “spatial sorting” — a dynamic that seems to exist ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/evolution-news/cluster88575286/ Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:16:36 EST 88575286 A new appreciation of the ecology-evolution dynamic Ecology drives evolution. In today's issue of the journal Science, UC Davis expert Thomas Schoener describes growing evidence that the reverse is also true, and explores what that might mean ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/evolution-news/cluster80952868/ Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:46:04 EST 80952868 Method for computing evolutionary trees could revolutionize evolutionary biology Detailed, accurate evolutionary trees that reveal the relatedness of living things can now be determined much faster and for thousands of species with a computing method developed by computer ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/evolution-news/cluster7389192/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:45:44 EST 7389192 Ecological speciation by sexual selection on good genes: Is speciation adaptive? Darwin suggested that the action of natural selection can produce new species, but 150 years after the publication of his famous book, 'On the Origin of Species', debate still continues on the ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/evolution-news/cluster26215096/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:15:58 EST 26215096 The Driver of Human Evolution Isn't the Climate Around You, It's the Worms Inside You One of the strangest aspects of our understanding of evolutionary biology ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/evolution-news/cluster124498260/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:16:07 EST 124498260 Atheism and Morality – Jon Topping Responds In response to my earlier post today, the target of my post, Jon Topping, wrote a response in the comments. I thank Jon for stopping by and participating in the conversation. One of the reasons ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/evolution-news/cluster84352538/ Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:16:12 EST 84352538 The flat and the fit http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/evolution-news/cluster89321856/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:46:23 EST 89321856