Tiny genome may be melting away, study suggests:
Researchers have identified the smallest known genome, and say it may suffer a strange fate.
For ants, one playbook fits many situations:
Scientists are interested in the "algorithms," or step-by-step rules, by which organisms make decisions.
Fitness, childhood IQ may affect old-age brain function:
Mental function in old age depends more on fitness than on childhood IQ, a study has found.
Strongest evidence yet that planets form from 'disks':
The philosopher Emmanuel Kant got it right 200 years ago, researchers proclaim.
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