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Antonio Lazcano Araujo
Antonio Lazcano gave a paper on Comparative Genomics and the first stages of cellular evolution: between optimism and desperation in the facilities of the UAB. We interviewed him and shared the views of Lazcano the scientist, the Mexican and the committed humanist on "culture in general and scientific education in...
Lynn Margulis, a microbiologist at the U.S. considered one of the leading figures in the evolution theory
Lynn Margulis is one of the leading scientists in the field of microbiology. Her contributions to biology and evolutionism are many. Amonst others, of particular significance is her Serial...
The Miller-Urey experiment
As a part of the activities of the UAB Year of Evolution, The faculties of Biosciences and Sciences have held a conference on Prebiotic Evolution. The event included various seminars and the inauguration of the reproduction of the Miller-Urey apparatus, that has been set up...
Fish in the Bellingshausen Sea
The Bellingshausen Sea is a remote part of the ocean surrounding the Antarctic, isolated, inhospitable and almost unexplored. A Hespérides expedition has managed to study the fauna which inhabit this region. Examples of 23 species of fish have been studied and at present we are in the process of...
The size of birds' brains is key for their survival
The evolution of large brains in vertebrates, such as primates or parrots, poses a paradox for scientists: if the possession of a large brain carries with it great production and maintenance costs, then why have some animals developed such large brains? A classical...
"Many people say that there is less than 1% difference between chimpanzees and humans... but that's not true"
The economic value of a plant does not always overlap with its cultural value. In fact, they can be quite different. A group of researchers has developed a new method that allows to measure the cultural, practical, and economic value of plants. They have used that method to a research to an indigenous group in the Bolivian Amazon.
