LTEE on Big Picture Science
I recently had a great time discussing the long-term evolution experiment and more with Molly Bentley in an interview for an episode of the podcast… Read More »LTEE on Big Picture Science
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Nature News Q&A on the LTEE Handoff
Richard Lenski and Jeffrey Barrick spoke to Ewen Callaway about the history of the Long-Term Evolution Experiment and its move from MSU to UT Austin.… Read More »Nature News Q&A on the LTEE Handoff
New Yorker: How Will the Coronavirus Evolve?
The LTEE is mentioned as background for understanding how microbes evolve in this article by Dhruv Khullar. In 1988, Richard Lenski, a thirty-one-year-old biologist at… Read More »New Yorker: How Will the Coronavirus Evolve?
Veritasium: The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment
The LTEE is covered in an episode of Veritasium. Check out the video below! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4sLAQvEH-M&t=1s
Through the Wormhole, with Morgan Freeman
Tony Lund was the writer and director for “Through the Wormhole” when he and his team came to MSU to tell the story of the… Read More »Through the Wormhole, with Morgan Freeman
Science: The Man Who Bottled Evolution
Elizabeth Pennisi describes the LTEE at 25 years. She interviews some of the people whose contributions have helped the LTEE survive and flourish, while also… Read More »Science: The Man Who Bottled Evolution
NPR: Experiments That Keep Going And Going And Going
The LTEE is pretty old, right? But it’s not even the oldest experiment at MSU, as NPR reporter Nell Greenfieldboyce explains. Link: https://www.npr.org/2012/11/23/165030844/experiments-that-keep-going-and-going-and-going
Discover Magazine: The Birth of the New, The Rewiring of the Old
Carl Zimmer describes the work by Zack Blount, Jeff Barrick, Carla Davidson, and me to identify the genetic underpinnings of the new ability to consume… Read More »Discover Magazine: The Birth of the New, The Rewiring of the Old
American Society for Microbiology: Evolution in a Flask
Microbiologist Stan Maloy interviews Richard Lenski about the LTEE and digital evolution, in front of the “Digital Orca” in Vancouver, BC. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQr8ldEeO04
National Geographic: Replaying Evolution Reveals the Benefits of Being Slow and Steady
Ed Yong explains work by Bob Woods, Jeff Barrick, and others on the race between “tortoise” and “hare” lineages in one of the LTEE populations.… Read More »National Geographic: Replaying Evolution Reveals the Benefits of Being Slow and Steady
Discover: A New Step In Evolution
Carl Zimmer reports the findings from a paper by Zack Blount, Christina Borland, and me on the unexpected evolution of the ability to consume citrate… Read More »Discover: A New Step In Evolution