Life Sciences

The No-Stick Feet Of Mirid Bugs

explains that all bugs are covered in a greasy layer, so what made the mirid bug's surface more ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 8 2008 - 12:48am

BMP-7 Protein Produces Brown Fat (That's The Good Kind)

Harvard Medical School, all of the Joslin Section on Obesity and Hormone Action; Efi Kokkotou of Beth ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2008 - 1:43pm

Trichoplax Adhaerens Genome Shows Simplest Animal Has Complex Metabolic Capabilities

mitochondrial DNA studies suggested that this "mother of all metazoans," Trichoplax, was the earliest ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2008 - 10:57am

Antidepressants And Exercise Use The Same Biochemical Pathway

results in animal models," Dr. Parada said. "These all resonate with the human condition, so ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2008 - 1:47am

'Untouched' Southern Amazon Region Once Had Urban Cities

it is the world's largest soybean producing area. "This throws a wrench in all the models ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2008 - 2:45pm

Fear Not, Climate Warriors, Global Warming Will Not Lead To Toad Invasion

year. And they couldn’t move at all under typical weather conditions in Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2008 - 11:20am

Discovery- First New Living Species Of Giant Clam In Two Decades

making it particularly vulnerable to overfishing. " These are all strong indications that T. costata ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2008 - 11:38am

Heroes In A Half Shell

Vogel said part of his job involves avoiding bad oysters at all costs. "Oysters are in season year ...

Article - Audrey Amara - Sep 3 2008 - 2:11am

Never The Same Image Twice- Humans Learn Recognition, And Robots Can Too

the previous human subjects. The sailboat neuron, for example, still preferred sailboats at all ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2008 - 9:30pm

Superior Colliculus- How We Sometimes Look Without Seeing

a computer screen. "For example, we can smoothly track a large airplane, with all its intricate visual ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 17 2008 - 9:24am