Life Sciences

Theropod Dinosaurs Evolved Into Birds? Not Likely, Says Study

were talking about," Ruben said. "But now there are more asterisks all the time. That's ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 9 2009 - 3:16pm

The Silent Ape: On The Origins Of Language

a language of marks, and a sonic language all co-evolved, with speech perhaps lagging behind.  Later, in an ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 14 2009 - 2:34pm

The Problem Of Kin Selection Theory

benefiting a particular individual over the group to which they belong? It is obvious that all actions are ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Jun 12 2009 - 5:57pm

Life's Beginning: Cycling To Complexity

a famous compendium in the 1950s that listed all known organic compounds, which numbered in the thousands. ...

Article - Dave Deamer - Jun 17 2009 - 11:23am

Discovery – Mutated GPC6 Gene Key To Type Of Dwarfism

GPC6 as the gene behind the disease. Interestingly in all the patients tested the mutations led to ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Jul 8 2009 - 10:53am

Chd1 Is Key Gene In Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency

Finally, although all this work has been done in mice, in humans Chd1 is found in much higher quantities on ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Jul 8 2009 - 6:09pm

Cambrian Explosion And Isotope Geology Of Carbonates 101

Neoproterozoic," Knauth said. "Vast areas of limestone can form in these mixed pore fluids." All of which ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2009 - 3:38pm

Scientists Say They Can Now Measure Happiness- Without You Knowing It

consciousness," all science has to work with today are the tracings of a mind, not a literal mind-probe. New ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 24 2009 - 2:20pm

Music Sounds Like Moving People

movement all around me: a clop of boots just passed to my right; a jingling-key person just walked in front ...

Article - Mark Changizi - Jan 12 2010 - 10:52am

Should Doctors Study Evolution?

"It's a basic science like embryology and biochemistry and all the rest," added Nesse. "We ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2010 - 11:51am