News to Know

• An Israeli Algorithm Illuminates Biblical Authorship

  July 9, 2011

  An Israeli team of computer scientists has developed software to analyze literary authorship and applied their technique to the Bible. By analyzing literary styles and word choices, they tried to scientifically assess the authorship of portions of the Old Testament.

• Black Hole Raises Questions About the Early Universe

  July 9, 2011

  Big black hole and its bright quasar raise questions about the early universe.

• Are Genetic Mechanisms For Speciation Multiple Choice?

  July 2, 2011

  Speciation’s secrets are multiple-choice. What do phlox flowers, stickleback fish, monkeyflowers, and Bogota fruit flies have in common? They all suggest genetic mechanisms for speciation.

• Tree Frog Biodiversity

  June 25, 2011

  Statistical analyses swimming in a sea of assumptions sing of millions of years in both directions.

• More Microfossils

  June 25, 2011

  Algae to bones . . . what’s the difference?

• Chimp Rights

  June 25, 2011

  “They’re not people, you know . . . ”

• High-Tech Tools

  June 25, 2011

  The human brain evolved because early humans developed technology?

• Collagen Coils

  June 25, 2011

  Collagen coils kept fossilized fragments intact.

• Priesthood of Science

  June 18, 2011

  The priesthood of science discourages people from thinking for themselves.

• Molecular Clock Off-Line

  June 18, 2011

  The molecular clock just went off-line.

• Cryptic Mutations

  June 18, 2011

  Cryptic variation and preadaptation—fancy words for the obvious.

• Leaping Mutants

  June 18, 2011

  Statistics suggest a way for eukaryotic mutants to leap over fitness valleys.

• Alien Amino Acids

  June 18, 2011

  Organic chemistry lab in a meteorite sparks speculation about the origin of life.

• The Martian Runt

  June 11, 2011

  Mars is a runt because it formed quickly and was lucky enough to stay out of the way of on-coming traffic. So goes the latest step in the planetary shuffle.

• Compelling Convergence

  June 11, 2011

  A computer analysis comparing the bone strength of pelicans and whales is said to provide “compelling evidence” for convergent evolution. Because both pelicans and rorqual whales stretch their jaws wide to engulf large amounts of water along with their next meal, both need very strong jaws.

• Number Crunching

  June 11, 2011

  Smile, crunch the numbers, and make something out of nothing.

• Evolving E.coli

  June 11, 2011

  Highly virulent strain of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli continues to wreak havoc.

• Out of Asia

  June 11, 2011

  Homo erectus . . . Out of Asia?

• Mouse Genome Project

  June 4, 2011

  Making mice more useful with the Mouse Genome Project

• Mystery of the Missing Mass

  June 4, 2011

  Some of our mass is missing. Or not.

• SFGate: “Oakland school's lessons in gender diversity”

  June 4, 2011

  Transgender clownfish, transgender people—what’s the difference?

• Stem Cell Surprises

  June 4, 2011

  Induced pluripotent stem cells: is the glass half-full or half-empty?

• Good Gossip?

  June 4, 2011

  Good gossip?!

• Flies with Lice

  May 28, 2011

  Nomadic lice hitching a ride on flies direct the course of evolution. Hmmm.

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