Life Sciences

Puijila Darwini- 'Missing Link' In Evolution Of Seals, Sea Lions And Walruses

seals, sea lions, and the walrus.  Modern seals, sea lions, and walruses all have flippers—limb ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2009 - 4:03pm

Sex Wars: Class Struggle In Bees

It's not all balloons and ponies in bee colonies, despite what you may have learned.   Bees ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2009 - 4:01pm

The Brain's Molecular Software

But the computer is essentially useless until you’ve downloaded all the necessary software and ...

Article - Jennifer Wong - Dec 11 2012 - 1:12pm

Non-coding DNA Function... Surprising?

The existence of functional, non-protein-coding DNA is all too frequently portrayed as a great ...

Article - Michael White - Feb 10 2011 - 4:52pm

Can Loud Noises Really Kill Squid?

Hot new squid research has the world of cephalopod reporting all abuzz! The press release came out ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Apr 21 2011 - 1:25pm

How Did Science Determine The Body Was Osama Bin Laden? PCR

With Osama Bin Laden dead, conspiracy theorists will find a way to say it isn't him at all ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 15 2011 - 11:38am

Can Transplanted Embryonic Stem Cells Integrate Into Target Organs? A Neuron Test Case

embryonic stem cells (hESC), and induced pluripotent stem cells(iPS Cells), can give rise to all of the 220 ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 28 2011 - 12:00pm

Did Infectious Disease Gene Changes Conquer The Human Evolution Bottleneck?

expanding dramatically in both number and range, and replacing all other co-existing evolutionary cousins, ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 5 2012 - 4:30am

ICAD 2012: Top Ten Cephalopod Stories From The Last Year

To celebrate International Cephalopod Awareness Days, I decided to comb through all the cephalopod ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Oct 11 2012 - 2:09am

Frankincense Resin Secretory System Analyzed Just In Time For Christmas

frankincense, most don't know what they were for, or why anyone would bring them all that distance to give ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 10 2012 - 12:00pm