Life Sciences

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Altruism: Gene-culture Coevolution and the Internalization of Norms (A Review)

An ESS (Evolutionarily Stable Strategy) is a strategy such that, if all the members of a population ...

Blog Post - Nicholas Horton - Jan 5 2009 - 12:24pm

Connection Between Sleep Apnea, Stroke And Death

Joseph Schindler and Vahid Mohsenin, all of the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 6 2009 - 6:39pm

Science Writing That Drives Me Crazy: The Beak Of The Finch

Africa. We aren't radiating in any evolutionary sense, even though we're expanding to fill all ...

Article - Michael White - Jan 17 2009 - 2:28am

Tackling Alzheimer's Disease- Aβ Catabolism Over Anabolism?

are the culprits behind the AD-associated brain damage. Taken together, all these findings may suggest ...

Article - Sachin Patil - Jan 19 2009 - 1:13pm

New WineCrisp Apple Resists Scabbing (But It Isn't GMO)

They can be harvested all the way through to the end of October. And in good cold storage, they'll ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 22 2009 - 10:58am

Do You Have Congeniality Genes? Your Social Network Standing May Tell You

which had assumed that all members behave as interchangeable cogs. To address these intrinsic ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 11 2009 - 6:16pm

Not Just Food- Other Things Cause Bacterial Infections Too, Says USDA Study

water exposure for all four types of infection. Another surprising finding was an association with ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2009 - 7:44pm

Putting Evolution In Reverse

some of the genetic changes were not due to selection at all. Random sampling plays a big role in ...

Article - Michael White - Jan 28 2009 - 11:17pm

Serotonin- Why Desert Locusts Go From Solitary To Swarms

brings them all closer together. They are looking for anything to eat, and when they run out of options, ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2009 - 6:24pm

Stem Cell Transplant 'Resets' Immune System And Reverses Early Stage Multiple Sclerosis

stabilized in all patients.  In the procedure, Burt and colleagues treated patients with chemotherapy to ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2009 - 9:05pm