Life Sciences

FGFR1 Gene Is The Conductor In The 'Symphony Of Biology'

masses of undifferentiated cells into tremendously complex organisms.  A new paper suggests that it all ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2015 - 12:00pm

How Herpes Wins In In The Virus-Host Arms Race

people at high rates all around the world. People with compromised or weakened immune systems are ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 4 2015 - 4:06pm

Better Brains With Beer

not all. Recently, positive effects of alcohol have been shown for both Alzheimer’s disease and ...

Article - David Clark - Jun 21 2016 - 6:40pm

Thanksgiving Sleepiness- It's Protein And Salt, Not Tryptophan In Turkey

We've all felt sleepy after a big Thanksgiving meal and tryptophan usually gets the bad rap- ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 22 2016 - 10:33am

10 Positive Ecology Stories You May Have Missed In 2018

crisis to the next. So here are ten upbeat environmental stories from this year that prove it’s not all ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 22 2018 - 9:00am

Insects? Lab-Grown Meat? Are You Ready For Lab-Grown Insect Meat?

dreamed possible. Even Europe, with all its political limitations in agriculture. Food is a cheap ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 3 2019 - 10:37am

Scared Out Of Your Mind: Halloween, Fear And The Brain

reached that time of year again: Halloween. October 31 is dedicated to remembering the dead. We’ve all ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 19 2024 - 1:32pm

Environmental Activists Hate CRISPR- And They're Dooming People With HIV

requires modern tools like CRISPR-Cas9 and others. Tools that environmentalists oppose, insisting all ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2026 - 12:47pm

Mosquito's Lust For Sugar Can Fight Malaria

American Science magazine and the International Journal for Parasitology. We have all suffered the ...

Article - Administrator - Feb 18 2007 - 1:24pm

Scientists Clone Mice From Adult Skin Stem Cells

stem cells — the cells in the bone marrow that all blood cells are derived from — were reported last ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2007 - 7:02pm