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Humans unintentionally drive the evolution of pathogenic germs. As a result, medicines lose their potency at an alarming rate. New strategies are needed not only for antibiotics, but also in cancer medicine.
It is always said that anyone who wants to experience evolution up close has to go to a museum. The development of the species dragged on for thousands of years, not a case for a human life. But that is a fallacy. In fact, evolution is neither uniform nor such a slow process. New research has made this clear.
The limnologist Jana Isanta-Navarro from the University of Konstanz recently proved that
