Life Sciences

Non-Disclosure Agreements for First Dates

Michael Creighton's latest thriller, Next, presents all sorts of what-if scenarios for the ...

Blog Post - Michael Windelspecht - Oct 22 2008 - 11:02pm

Bat Echolocation May Have Evolved Multiple Times

do not all group together in the evolutionary tree of life- some are more related to their ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 5 2008 - 11:51pm

Evolution: Education And Outreach Special Issue- Eye Evolution

I was planning to wait until the issue was actually in print, or at least until all the articles ...

Article - T. Ryan Gregory - Oct 22 2008 - 8:12pm

Step Back Y Chromosome, X Is Getting Some Respect In The Evolution Of Sexual Reproduction

platypus, for example, has five pairs, all inherited together.) While one of D. miranda's sex ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 16 2009 - 1:12pm

Rearranging the Genetic Code

works is hard to fathom, because you can screw up nearly all of your genes by doing it. A paper out ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jun 3 2009 - 5:14pm

Human Sperm Created In The Lab Bodes Ill For Men

fun of if all men are gone? In the technique developed at Newcastle, stem cells with XY chromosomes ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 8 2009 - 9:48pm

Fossilized "Squid" Ink Still Good!

nearly all modern cephalopods--octopus, squid, and cuttlefish. External shells like those of the ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Sep 4 2009 - 4:50pm

Is Humboldt Calamari Healthy? Part I

Now that we're all convinced the Humboldt squid isn't going to eat you, let's turn ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Oct 17 2009 - 6:39pm

Does Selective Brain Damage Underpin Spirituality?

Although it is well established that all behaviors and experiences, spiritual or otherwise, must ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 10 2010 - 1:18pm

Fastest Color Vision Belongs To Bumblebees

all animals, according to new research appearing in the Journal of Neuroscience. The ability to see at ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 17 2010 - 1:05pm