An article published in the journal “Development” describes a genetic study which suggests that the limbs of tetrapods, and consequently those of humans, might have evolved from the gills of cartilaginous fishes such as sharks and skates. A new analysis shows that a genetic program is shared between those gills and human limbs finding possible evidence to a theory that was discarded over a century ago.
The story “Two Worlds” (“Due Mondi”) by Francesco Verso was published for the first time in 2011. It was translated into English by Sally McCorry.
After a global climate catastrophe, genetic engineering led humanity to split into two different species: the Aquamancers, who live in the seas, and the Aeromancers, who live in the mountains. When an Aeromancer gets rescued by a group of Aquamancers while searching the Tower of Seeds, a collaboration between the two human species can save the world’s plants.
The novel “Maul” by Tricia Sullivan was published for the first time in 2003.
Sun is a teenager who is part of a girl gang. A Saturday she goes to the Mall along with her gang but there she and her friends end up clashing with another gang and their shopping projects must give way to weapons. The police intervention makes the situation even more complicated and dangerous.
Meniscus is used as a guinea pig in a laboratory that makes research on viruses. The hope is to avoid another epidemic which could wipe out the men but the research is made more difficult because Meniscus is not an ordinary man and the people around him have their own agenda.
An article published in the journal “Nature” describes a research that confirms that the ancient animal commonly known as “Tully monster” was a vertebrate. Decades after the discovery of the first fossil of Tullimonstrum gregarium – this is its scientific name – and a number of hypotheses about its classification, this study is the second in a few weeks published in “Nature” to reach the same conclusions.
A few hours ago Kobe Bryant played his last NBA game and greeted the league in his own way, scoring 60 points in the 101-96 win against the Utah Jazz. Needless to say, the Los Angeles Lakers champion also scored the decisive points for the win but this was above all a celebration of a player who, both loved and hated, is already a legend.
