/tags/evolution Evolution en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:29:39 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-06-06/wash-u-biologist-explains-how-cats-evolved-from-the-savannah-to-your-sofa Washington University evolutionary biologist Jonathan Losos’ new book “The Cat's Meow” traces the origin of domestic cats and how scientists use modern tools to study them. Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:29:39 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-06-06/wash-u-biologist-explains-how-cats-evolved-from-the-savannah-to-your-sofa Ulaa Kuziez /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-02-25/smaller-brained-birds-shrink-in-response-to-climate-change-wash-u-study-finds Research from Washington University is the first to identify a direct link between cognition and animal response to climate change. Fri, 25 Feb 2022 22:15:25 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-02-25/smaller-brained-birds-shrink-in-response-to-climate-change-wash-u-study-finds Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-12-10/wash-us-dr-joshua-swamidass-builds-bridge-between-science-and-creation-myths-in-new-book Bring up Adam and Eve in contemporary conversation, and you’ll likely be met with either total skepticism or deep confidence, depending on the audience.… Tue, 10 Dec 2019 23:27:29 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-12-10/wash-us-dr-joshua-swamidass-builds-bridge-between-science-and-creation-myths-in-new-book Evie Hemphill /health-science-environment/2018-05-07/wash-u-researchers-reveal-how-some-bacteria-are-able-to-eat-antibiotics Ten years ago, Gautam Dantas stumbled across a strange phenomenon in the lab: bacteria that were able to feed on antibiotics.“The story really starts very… Mon, 07 May 2018 17:01:37 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-05-07/wash-u-researchers-reveal-how-some-bacteria-are-able-to-eat-antibiotics Shahla Farzan /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-08-17/harvard-biologist-st-louisan-jonathan-losos-discusses-evolution-we-see-in-the-world-today Native St. Louisan Jonathan Losos is a Harvard University biology professor and director of Losos Laboratory at the university. He recently wrote the book… Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:48:19 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-08-17/harvard-biologist-st-louisan-jonathan-losos-discusses-evolution-we-see-in-the-world-today Kelly Moffitt /health-science-environment/2016-10-18/scientists-capture-first-videos-of-mother-chimps-teaching-offspring-to-use-tools In 1960, Jane Goodall saw two chimps remove the leaves off of small twigs and used them as tools to fish for termites in the ground, which they ate.It was… Tue, 18 Oct 2016 20:15:10 GMT /health-science-environment/2016-10-18/scientists-capture-first-videos-of-mother-chimps-teaching-offspring-to-use-tools Eli Chen /government-politics-issues/2013-02-21/teaching-of-evolution-in-k-12-schools-would-be-regulated-under-mo-house-bill State and local-level school officials would be required to develop guidelines for teaching evolution under legislation making its way through the… Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:36:29 GMT /government-politics-issues/2013-02-21/teaching-of-evolution-in-k-12-schools-would-be-regulated-under-mo-house-bill Marshall Griffin /health-science-environment/2012-01-19/darwin-vs-design This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 19, 2012 - If a science course taught in any public classroom in Missouri, from grade school… Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:57:39 GMT /health-science-environment/2012-01-19/darwin-vs-design Dale Singer /health-science-environment/2010-04-14/darwin-exhibition-isnt-designed-to-be-the-origin-of-controversy This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 14, 2010 - Don't expect a new exhibition at the St. Louis Science Center on the man behind the… Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:37:42 GMT /health-science-environment/2010-04-14/darwin-exhibition-isnt-designed-to-be-the-origin-of-controversy Dale Singer /health-science-environment/2009-02-18/on-science-fossil-record-reveals-a-whale-of-a-tale This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 18, 2009 - Moby Dick, the white whale hunted by Capt. Ahab in Melville's novel, was a sperm… Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:18:17 GMT /health-science-environment/2009-02-18/on-science-fossil-record-reveals-a-whale-of-a-tale George Johnson