Life Sciences

Sweet Viceroy Butterflies Turn Sour To Stop Predators

ability to taste bad. All over Florida, the viceroy caterpillar feeds on the same kind of plant: the ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2019 - 8:00am

Update On The Science Race Against Wheat Stem Rust

all aspects of culture will improve also. But first we must satisfy demand for wheat in the developing ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2019 - 9:40am

Turnabout: There Is A Meat Eating Plant In Canada

became, of all things, a science-fiction musical, which was then made into a movie of the musical in the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2019 - 1:55pm

So Long Antibodies, Welcome Frankenbody

imaging in zebrafish embryos. All of these experiments are more challenging when using traditional ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 12 2019 - 9:20am

Plastic-Eating Caterpillars Study Called Into Question By Independent Look At The Data And Methods

create controls that disqualified that possibility. Credit: Federica Bertocchini / CSIC It all started, ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2019 - 11:58am

Perfect Day Sold Out Of Its GMO Cell-Based Ice Cream In Hours- At $20 A Pint

from reality; revenue. Perfect Day test-marketed an ice cream product at $20 a pint(!) and all 1,000 ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 22 2019 - 3:03pm

Can Genetically Engineered Driscoll's Rosé Strawberries Really Be "Natural"?

Rosé Strawberries, I am all for them and I like that science creates new things that can succeed or ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 28 2019 - 1:08pm

Ecologists Say Neonicotinoid Seed Treatments Give Birds Anorexia

which should worry us all," says co-author Professor Bridget Stutchbury of York University, author ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 12 2019 - 7:33pm

Turmeric Linked To Cognitive Defects Because Of Adulterated Lead

no clear No Affect Level that applies to all people. Though it is found naturally in water, there is ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 24 2019 - 12:35pm

How Varroa Mites Exploit Beekeeping

also leads mite populations to rise.  It all adds up to a critical point for managed honey bee ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2019 - 1:39pm