AIBS BioScience Features tag:www.aibs.org,2013:/bioscience//47 2013-06-03T14:29:55Z Movable Type 4.38 tag:www.aibs.org,2013:/bioscience//47 2013-06-03T14:29:55Z Movable Type 4.38 tag:www.aibs.org,2013:/bioscience//47 2013-06-03T14:29:55Z Movable Type 4.38 Marine Life on Acid tag:www.aibs.org,2013:/bioscience//47.33224 2013-06-03T14:22:36Z 2013-06-03T14:29:55Z As Earth's oceans grow increasingly acidic, the vision ahead is a thirty-percent reduction in biodiversity and a significant shift away from corals and large fish toward organisms such as algae, sea grass, and small marine worms.... Lesley Evans Ogden As Earth's oceans grow increasingly acidic, the vision ahead is a thirty-percent reduction in biodiversity and a significant shift away from corals and large fish toward organisms such as algae, sea grass, and small marine worms. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BioScienceFeatures/~4/cov9x7qd8cg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jstor.org/stoken/ucaltoken/VhyJCychRjfThga9ptAM/full RNA's First Four Billion Years on Earth: A Biography tag:www.aibs.org,2013:/bioscience//47.33103 2013-04-18T13:41:57Z 2013-04-18T13:46:05Z DNA has long been the scientific superstar; now RNA is stealing the spotlight. Before there were bacteria, before there were archaea or eukaryotes, there were ribocytes—primitive replicating microbes that did all their biochemical maneuvering with RNA alone.... Marcia Stone DNA has long been the scientific superstar; now RNA is stealing the spotlight. Before there were bacteria, before there were archaea or eukaryotes, there were ribocytes—primitive replicating microbes that did all their biochemical maneuvering with RNA alone. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BioScienceFeatures/~4/DFTE5S3Dkvc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jstor.org/stoken/ucaltoken/PTEADyvPHf6uYAIqyKKt/full Life 2.0 tag:www.aibs.org,2013:/bioscience//47.33020 2013-03-20T21:48:32Z 2013-03-20T21:51:23Z New experimental work and theoretical results seem to be whittling away lines that once divided what had seemed entirely distinct scenarios for how life began, and researchers are closing in on the ultimate chicken-or-egg question.... Timothy M. Beardsley New experimental work and theoretical results seem to be whittling away lines that once divided what had seemed entirely distinct scenarios for how life began, and researchers are closing in on the ultimate chicken-or-egg question. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BioScienceFeatures/~4/fXKXbyPfGJk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.jstor.org/stoken/ucaltoken/unuZF6FAi66pYVuhrfke/full