Life Sciences

Good Stories Don't Just Change Your Life, They Change Your Brain

participants underwent an fMRI scan of their brain in a non-reading, resting state. After completing all nine ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 3 2014 - 4:28pm

Can You Smell The Fat?

detection both in normal-weight and overweight subjects. In all three experiments, participants could use ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2014 - 1:09pm

You Take Risks Because You Can't Stop Yourself

because of the failure of our control systems to stop us. "We all have these desires, but whether we ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2014 - 6:00am

Female Asian Longhorned Beetles Pheromone May Be Key To Pest Management

Melody Keena) All four trail pheromone components have been synthesized and behavior activities have been ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 13 2014 - 2:07pm

Nano-Vaccine Spray Requires No Refrigeration

most aren't getting them at all. The good news is that the vaccines Narasimhan's team is ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2014 - 10:06am

Does Germ Plasm Accelerate Evolution Faster Than Epigenesis?

development, all of which have germ plasm. So when germ plasm evolves it leads to evolutionary dead ends. In ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2014 - 10:03am

Environmental Catastrophe Looming: Invasive Coyotes Wiping Out Eastern Deer Populations

"Thus, reduced hunting can be used to offset mortality from natural predators. Enough fawns survive all ...

Article - News Staff - May 10 2014 - 2:00pm

Global Warming Causes More Interbreeding Between Natives And Invaders

spring and summer flows, warmer and drier summers, and increased water temperatures – all of which ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2014 - 1:01am

Climate Change Has Had Antarctic Winners Too

warming has not been equally advantageous for all three penguin species because of its impact on penguin ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2014 - 12:11pm

Kidneys Aren't Static: Renal Regeneration Explained

exciting to use these genetic tricks to discover that cellular growth was occurring all the time in the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 16 2014 - 3:08pm