Science's Breakthrough of the Year: Watching evolution in action
...olved from an ocean-loving species to a variety of landlocked lake dwellers. Beyond the genome, researchers watched evolution in action among a number of animals, from caterpillars to crickets, and found that behavioral differences such as what to eat and when to mate may be enough to turn a single population i...Oceanographers work a quarter of the world away from ship they're 'on'
...ity hydrothermal vent field are working "aboard" a landlocked science command center in Seattle. Only four scientists are with University of Rhode Island oceanographer Bob Ballard aboard the Ronald H. Brown, a research vessel operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the expedition's maj...