Life Sciences

Extinction Estimates Exaggerated- But We're Not Out Of The Woods Yet

underestimated. "The task of identifying and naming all existing species of animals is still daunting, as ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2013 - 5:00pm

Uncharacterized Genes: Evolutionary Rates And A Clue

or DNA repair pathways. All genes mutate over time, which can be beneficial, harmful or meaningless. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 9 2013 - 1:26pm

Manure: A Microbe's Tale

six individual animals, even though all six consumed the same diet and were the same breed, gender and ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2013 - 4:39pm

Genetically Modified Milk Cures Diarrhea, Could Save Millions Of Kids Annually

of all mammals.  Although lysozyme is produced at very high levels in human breast milk, the milk of ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 13 2013 - 4:39pm

Cellular Alchemy: Skin Cells Become Functional Brain Cells

overcome all of these issues by providing a rapid and streamlined way to directly generate functional ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2013 - 9:14am

Should Evolution Be A Law Rather Than A Theory?

claimed had been set in motion through divine action (this was all c. 1720-1745).  Newton's ideas won ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Apr 23 2013 - 8:00pm

MGE: Brain Cells Transplant Cures Epilepsy In Mice

have no therapeutic value at all. The hippocampus is associated with seizures, as well as with learning ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2013 - 8:54pm

Evolution Gets Abused Again

the "filter" of the environment. Yet, in this article we are treated to all manner of ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - May 9 2013 - 2:21pm

Organism: Genes:: Forest: Trees

all of these areas,” Kueltz said. “We look forward to the advances in the biology of complex organisms ...

Article - News Staff - May 20 2013 - 3:23pm

Phototrope Toward The Light

explains why: "Up to now, all plants with a known defect in auxin transport showed a normal ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2013 - 10:00am