Jan. 22, 2025 — Is there only one optimal configuration an organism can reach during evolution? Is there a single formula that describes the trajectory towards the optimum? And can we 'derive ...

A federal judge in Boston is considering a request to block President Donald Trump’s executive order that would end birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are not legally in the United ...

It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...

Molecular evolution is the area of evolutionary biology that studies evolutionary change at the level of the DNA sequence. It includes the study of rates of sequence change, relative importance of ...

Experimental evolution is the use of laboratory or controlled field manipulations to investigate evolutionary processes. It usually makes use of organisms with rapid generation times and small ...

In 2020, she won a New England Emmy for the short documentary ‘Redemption: MIT’s Prison Education Program.’ Meghan can be reached at [email protected].

February 6, 2025 • Today: Chuck Todd, formerly of NBC News, discusses the media's ability to hold Trump accountable. Senator Ed Markey discusses the Democratic opposition. Best Of BPR 2/05 ...