
With no biological program to drive it, physics forces multicellular clusters to reproduce and evolve.

Why and how does multicellularity arise, and at what cost?
Jenny McGuire will study Africa's fossil record to inform conservation biology decisions and forecast how humans and climate affect wildlife — building a better understanding between animals, physical traits over time, response to environmental changes.
New study may dramatically shift our understanding of the complex dance of microbes and minerals that takes place in aquifers deep underground.
