Latest Mutations News and Stories

Two Worrying Coronavirus Variants Local to U.S. Flagged by Researchers in Ohio

Science & Health

3 months ago

Two Worrying Coronavirus Variants Local to U.S. Flagged by Researchers in Ohio

Ed Cara

The New Coronavirus Variant Is in the U.S. — Now What?

Science & Health

4 months ago

The New Coronavirus Variant Is in the U.S. — Now What?

Ed Cara

What We Know About the New Coronavirus Mutations and the Vaccines

Science & Health

4 months ago

What We Know About the New Coronavirus Mutations and the Vaccines

Ed Cara

Scientists in the UK and elsewhere are reporting the discovery of new, potentially important mutations found in local strains of the coronavirus. These mutations may pose a real added danger to people, with early research suggesting that these variants are more transmissible than the classic version. And though there’s much…

Don’t Be Fooled by Reports on the ‘New’ Coronavirus Mutation

Science & Health

7 months ago

Don’t Be Fooled by Reports on the ‘New’ Coronavirus Mutation

Ed Cara

One Of The Last Mammoths On Earth Was So Mutated, It Lost The Ability To Smell Flowers

Online

1 year ago

One Of The Last Mammoths On Earth Was So Mutated, It Lost The Ability To Smell Flowers

George Dvorsky

The vast majority of woolly mammoths went extinct at the end of the last ice age, but small, isolated populations managed to hold out for a little while longer. New research uncovers the extent to which at least one of these final mammoths suffered due to its many mutations.