Bacteria reinvent their weapons through selection, chance and gene swapping

Many of the most potent antibiotics originate from bacteria. A large proportion belong to a class of compounds known as nonribosomal peptides (NRP). They are produced by large bacterial enzyme ...
BIOENGINEER

Three Forces Drive Bacterial Toxin Evolution

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution reveals that the diversity of nonribosomal peptides, a class of compounds ...
VICE

Natural Selection Is Still Changing Humans Today. Here’s How.

There’s a set of researchers in the scientific community who feel like the past 10,000 years of human existence didn’t really see a whole lot of movement in terms of noticeable, genetic-level ...
The American Spectator

Darwin’s ‘Natural Selection’ Is in Need of Modification

When the theory of evolution was put forth by Alfred Wallace and Charles Darwin in 1859, biological science was in its embryonic stage. Naturalists (the precursors of biologists) had been content with ...
insider.si.edu

Good Thinking! — Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions

Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions — reveals common pitfalls in the teaching of evolution through natural selection and suggests effective practices for ...