Life Sciences

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

Stem Cell Research Breakthrough In Spinal Injury Treatment

all the gains without the pain, while these other cell types appear to provide the opposite – pain but ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2008 - 4:32pm

Republican Or Democrat? Your Political Leanings May Be A Result Of Your Physiology

determinative, but the fact that we can measure a difference at all is surprising and intriguing enough to ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2008 - 6:13pm

Genetically Modified Crops With Built-In Insecticide Also Protects Neighboring Crops- Study

that Bt technology gives China a new tool for pest control, and that all farmers in a Bt ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2008 - 10:52pm

Not Aesthetics, Female Eye Sensitivity Determines Mating- And Therefore New Species, Says Study

biology. What all have in common is that populations of organisms are assigned to different species if they ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2008 - 11:30am

'Tidbit' The Shark Was Not Just Pregnant- It Was A Virgin Birth

become so low that females have trouble finding mates." Populations of all of these sharks have ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2008 - 12:33am

Molecular Origin Of Proportional Development

embryos all self corrects, so the system is built to be very robust and precise so different cells can be ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2008 - 11:22pm

Plants And Pathogens- A Microbial SOS

secreting a carbon-rich chemical--malic acid. All plants biosynthesize malic acid, Bais explains, but only ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2008 - 12:54am