Life Sciences

Research: Visual Illusions Only Look Convincing If We Want Them To

of two visual systems in a single brain might seem initially counter-intuitive. After all, it seems ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2008 - 10:37am

Basic Science Discovery: BNDF Gene Implicated In Mood Disorders

for making the protein that is targeted by all current drug treatments for depression. In a number of ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2008 - 7:13pm

How Science Really Works

the problem remained unsolved because all fossil bats known (until last week) were clearly capable of ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Mar 14 2008 - 12:53am

Organic Cropping Yields Close To Conventional- Study

but if lower yields were worldwide only rich people could afford food at all, say critics. It's ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 25 2008 - 9:58am

Ant Guts And Antibiotics

all of Blochmannia's genes-- 564-- are found in E. coli. The scientists reasoned that they could ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2008 - 9:43am

Terrific News For Men- Good Sexual Intercourse Lasts Minutes, Not Hours

erections and all-night-long intercourse. " Past research has found that a large percentage of men and ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2008 - 2:09pm

Dopamine 'mother Cells' Could Lead To Future Parkinson's Treatments

glia-like cells the stem cells of this part of the brain – they contain all the information needed to create ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2008 - 1:04pm

Ventral Striatum And Fairness- Are Human Brains Hardwired To Respond?

a pot of money, say $23, which they can divide in any way they want with Person B. All Person B can do ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 16 2008 - 2:53pm

Environmental Factors Weigh Heavily In Modulating Gene Expression In Humans

characterizing the sequence and expression of all 23,000 human genes to compare the three Moroccan Amazigh ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2008 - 1:22am

Moonlight Malagasy Mating May Mean Hitting The Right Notes

lemurs were all thought to be the same species. But genetic testing revealed that they are, in fact, ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2008 - 6:33pm