Life Sciences

This Is Your Brain On Art

a painting?   This is a very old question and one that artists ask all the time.   Will my painting evoke an ...

Article - Kathy Murphy - May 15 2009 - 9:09pm

Understanding The (Circadian) Rhythm Of Biological Clocks

network of interactive proteins and feedback loops. All clocks rely on transfer of phosphate groups, ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2009 - 10:17am

Sonic Hedgehog Pathway In Brain Neural Circuit Formation

important long-term implications for the repair of spinal cord injury: if we knew all of the molecules ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2009 - 1:45pm

Genome Evolution- Saved By Junk DNA?

DNA in two paragraphs "Most people do not realize that all our genes only comprise about 3% of ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2009 - 4:38pm

Super Weed Villain Gains Power From UV Radiation

between highways and the marsh, has been a weapon-wielding plant menace all along.  And even though the ...

Article - Stephanie Pulford - Jun 3 2009 - 3:23pm

In The 'Laughter Evolutionary Tree', We're Closest To Chimps, Says Researcher

and armpits were being tickled.  The study compared the laughter sounds of all four great ape species ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 5 2009 - 12:50am

Autistics Up To 40 Percent Faster At Problem Solving

All subjects underwent magnetic resonance imaging to explore their neural activity during RSPM ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2010 - 4:49pm

Left Inferior Frontal Sulcus Multitasks For Phonetics And Decision-Making

men, ages 19 to 29. All were brought into an MRI scanner at Brown University's Magnetic Resonance ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2009 - 12:10pm

Jurassic Bird? Extinct Giant Moa 'Rebuilt' Using Ancient DNA

in the world. The research team also demonstrated that it is possible to retrieve DNA from all parts ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2009 - 8:48pm

Like Sex? Thank Parasites

vulnerabilities. So a parasite that can destroy some can't necessarily destroy all. That, in theory, should ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2009 - 6:24pm