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October 15, 2016

The Legendary Biologists Who Clocked Evolution’s Astonishing Speed

The biologists Rosemary and Peter Grant have spent four decades on a tiny island in the Galápagos. Their discoveries reveal how new animal species can emerge in just a few generations. The post The Legendary Biologists Who Clocked Evolution’s Astonishing Speed appeared first on WIRED.

April 9, 2016

A Map of the Brain Could Teach Machines to See Like You

A race to decipher the brain's algorithms could revolutionize machine learning. The post A Map of the Brain Could Teach Machines to See Like You appeared first on WIRED.

March 26, 2016

The Mystery of the Minimal Cell, Craig Venter’s New Synthetic Life Form

Scientists have created a synthetic organism that possesses only the genes it needs to survive. But they have no idea what roughly a third of those genes do. The post The Mystery of the Minimal Cell, Craig Venter's New Synthetic Life Form appeared first on WIRED.

February 13, 2016

New Clues to the Mystery of How Our Brains Keep Time

The same brain cells that track location in space appear to also count beats in time. The research suggests that our thoughts may take place on a mental space-time canvas.

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November 15, 2015

What Yeast Reveals About the Origins of Multicellular Life

A single genetic change and some clever geometry show how single-celled organisms can band together to form cooperative multicellular entities.

The post What Yeast Reveals About the Origins of Multicellular Life appeared first on WIRED.