Tag Archives: evolution

Don’t picture this!

By Casey terHorst | Published October 4, 2016

I spent a lot of time at academic conferences this summer where people were presenting the results of their research. One of the most noticeable changes at conferences in the last few years has been the prevalence of camera phones. It’s become routine that when a data slide comes up, several cameras, phones, and iPads […]

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Microbes in Paradise

By Zoë Scott | Published May 30, 2015

A quick blurb about our week-long jaunt in Mo’orea, French Polynesia.

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Back off man. I’m a scientist.

By Casey terHorst | Published February 4, 2015

Being an expert in your field and yet not seen as trusted to know anything about that field can be frustrating. What should we do about it?

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Fire, Air, Earth, Water and Natural Selection

By Shannon Bayliss | Published August 6, 2014

Read about how love and strife were the drivers of selection circa 600 BC

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The Making of a Mutualism

By Shannon Bayliss | Published July 17, 2014

Can a mutualism form without a history of coevolution? A summary of a paper by Erik Hom and Andrew Murray.

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Yet again, nothing makes sense except in the light of evolution

By Casey terHorst | Published May 21, 2014

Those classic predator-prey cycles that we all learned about in Intro Bio aren’t very common, and it’s because the prey evolve over time.

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