The Long-Term Evolution Experiment

Generations of microbes evolve in hours, not millennia. By speeding up Darwin’s clock, scientists have watched evolution happen in real time, and it’s changed how we understand natural selection. You can see the images, graphs and read the article at https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-evolution-of-bacteria-2/

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Words by Kevin Blake
Read by Stuart Ritchie
Music by David Hackett