Life Sciences

Culling Kangaroos Could Help The Environment

kangaroo numbers has been undertaken in all of the states and territories in Australia, however, only the ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 11 2014 - 10:04pm

Why Chinese Biotech Cotton Doesn't Lead To Pest Resistance, Even Without Non-Bt Refuges

"Because nearly all of the cotton is Bt cotton, the simulations without natural refuges predicted that ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 15 2014 - 12:38pm

Fat And Sugar-Heavy Diets Are Addictive- And Harm Your Brain

obese. This trend is spreading to other countries all over the world. Even worse, diseases that are ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 21 2015 - 9:00am

Of The 3 Types Of Potential Malaria Vaccines, 2 Might Be Bad Ideas

vaccine. The issue has not been properly addressed in the literature. I have concern all together that the ...

Article - Joel Shurkin - May 25 2015 - 11:04am

Brown-Headed Cowbirds And The Not-So-Great Escape

Researchers released all the birds unharmed back into the wild after one trip to the cinema. DeVault and his ...

Article - Inside Science - Feb 4 2015 - 10:32am

Bee Bailout: If Dollars Rule The World, Why Isn't The Ecosystem 'Too Big To Fail'?

economic case for deliberately killing all the bees. Bye bye, bees Let’s go back to our hypothetical ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 7 2015 - 10:24am

How Nigeria Beat The Ebola Virus In Three Months

that ensured information leaving the Ebola operation center was accurate. Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters All ...

Article - The Conversation - May 18 2015 - 9:30am

Rare Autoimmune Syndrome May Have A Common Form

various forms of autoimmunity. They found that many – but not all – of those whose genetic information ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 17 2015 - 3:54pm

Fat Cavefish Feast And Famine May Illuminate Human Obesity

this urge to eat and drink sweet and fatty things all the time and that it's because of our ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 14 2015 - 8:00am

Why Predicting A Flu Outbreak Is Like Flipping A Coin

be the same. But what does all of this have to do with an unexpected flu emergency? The spread of an ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 11 2015 - 11:00am