Homepage Newsroom Evolutionary Biology Scientific highlights 2020 December 21, 2020 Ageing Astronomy Astrophysics Black Holes Brain Corona Evolutionary Biology Galaxies Genome Editing (Crispr) Language Materials Sciences (M&T) Neanderthals Neurobiology Quantum Physics Structural Biology Synthetic Biology Many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2020 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 13 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year more Molecular time travel December 09, 2020 Evolutionary Biology Structural Biology A simple rule of biochemistry drives the evolution of useless complexity more Variety in the migratory behavior of blackcaps November 04, 2020 Behavioral Biology Biodiversity Evolutionary Biology The birds have variable migration strategies more The birth of a gene November 03, 2020 Evolutionary Biology Genetics Bacteria can compensate for the loss of a tRNA gene by duplicating another gene more Avian tree of life better resolved August 11, 2020 Evolutionary Biology Max Planck researchers clarify relationships between bird families more Show more