Life Sciences

Biosecurity Seen From The Inside

quickly results in a pulse of jasmonic acid that reaches all the way down to the tip of the root, at ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 18 2015 - 9:12am

After 60 Million Year Breakup, Distant Species Produce Love Child

whereas many other plants rely on birds, bees or other animals to play matchmaker, all ferns need is wind ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 13 2015 - 5:00pm

Child Rearing Is Unequal Between The Sexes- And That Is Due To Evolution

this sex does most or all of the care. Patterns of parenting in nature range from care by one parent ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 17 2015 - 8:07pm

African-Americans May Not Trust Flu Vaccines

instead most often the case that people are not anti-vaccine, they just don't get all of them. Unless ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2015 - 5:05pm

EEGs Predict A Movie's Success Better Than Surveys

was perfect casting, however. Credit: Walt Disney Pictures Finally, after they had watched all 18 ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 1 2015 - 9:14pm

Cats Use Sight Over Smell When Finding Food

use all of our senses to make sense of it. This is the first time we have asked cats how they operate ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 28 2015 - 9:30am

Epigenetics: Metabolic Disease Due To Your Grandmother

group underwent a "sham" surgery but did not have their blood vessels to the womb tied. All of ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 2 2015 - 10:13am

Origin Of Life Phenomenon: Some Amino Acids And Sugars Were Simply Meant To Be

nature's clear bias toward certain amino acids and sugars and against others isn't accidental. All ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2015 - 9:20pm

Pathogen-Sensing 'Antenna' Gene Transferred To Wheat

demonstrated that wheat has the circuitry to respond to these pathogens but not all the antennae required to ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2015 - 7:00am

Social Fitness: Did A Genetic Bottleneck Occur Because Of Wealth And Power?

fittest- may seem like the great biological equalizer but mankind has clearly conquered it, since all kinds ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 16 2015 - 5:53pm