This article was originally published with the title “ Ionizing Radiation and Evolution ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 201 No. 3 (September 1959), p. 138 doi:10.1038 ...

This process, whereby species evolve rapidly to exploit empty ecospace, is known as adaptive radiation. In his memoir, The Voyage of the Beagle, Darwin noted, almost as if in awe, "One might ...

With its ancient age and rich biodiversity, Lake Tanganyika is an evolutionary ... supporting the theory that its DNA-busting ...

That extra radiation could have been strong enough to cause double-strand breaks in the DNA of organisms, which can increase the rates of cancer, or mutations that might lead to new evolutionary ...

In his landmark 1942 book, Mayr proposed that Darwin's theory of natural selection ... no adaptive radiation, and very little evolutionary progress. The species, then, is the keystone of evolution." ...

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But the decades of exposure to radiation left over from the accident had led to a dramatic and rapid evolutionary change in the frogs – a change entirely driven by human actions. As Orizaolo ...

"It's insane that something is from space can have that kind of an impact on our electronics. So we're thinking, okay, how does that have a potential impact on other aspects of our life?" The ...