IN 1930 Dr. de Beer published a small and stimulating book under the title “Embryology and Evolution”. In it he attempted to reorientate general views relating to ‘recapitulation’ in ...
Researchers at Monash University have developed a light-emitting microchip that can safely measure the energy produced by embryos, a key indicator of ...
Animal embryos can adapt to their surroundings in remarkable ways like sensing predators and food sources to improve their survival. But can it help them face climate change?
Chromosphaera perkinsii is a single-celled species discovered in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii. The first signs of its presence on Earth have been dated at over a billion years, well before ...