Life Sciences

Forget Hypnosis- This Tentacled Snake Startles Prey Right Into Its Mouth

this is the cases when the snake misses," says Catania. "Not all the targeted fish react with ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 18 2009 - 4:35pm

How Proteins Bind DNA (And How Not To Model Them)

models like this, you can scan through a genome and predict where all of the transcription factor binding ...

Article - Michael White - Jun 29 2009 - 4:28pm

Neurodegenerative Disease SCA2 Gets An Abnormal Calcium Signaling Hypothesis

Purkinje cells in the cerebellum.  "We were all elated to find that dantrolene had a pronounced effect ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2009 - 7:23pm

Systems Biology: Asking The Wrong Questions

the way all biologists think. ...

Article - Michael White - Jul 24 2009 - 11:52am

Spermatogonial Cells May Avoid Embryonic Stem Cell Pitfalls

uterine epithelium by using uterine mesenchyme. The newly formed tissues had all the physical ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 28 2009 - 2:14pm

How Chronic Stress Leads To Bad Choices- By Restructuring The Brain

problems from ulcers to hypertension. We all also have experienced how our decision making can become ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Aug 1 2009 - 8:03pm

Cryptomartus Hindi- 300 Million Year Old Spider Ancestor Gets Imaged For First Time

often only see part of the fossil and cannot explore all of the fossil's physical features.   The ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 5 2009 - 11:42am

Mobile Elements And Jumping Genes In The Brain Cause Genetic Variation

explains Coufal. Strikingly, it also means that not all cells are created equal—humans are true chimeras ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2009 - 3:32pm

Will You Walk In Circles If You Get Lost? The Answer Is...

several hours in a large, flat forest—four on a cloudy day with the sun hidden. Those four all walked in ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2009 - 12:24pm

The Evolution Of The Appendix Solved?

find that more than 70 percent of all primate and rodent groups contain species with an appendix." ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2009 - 3:07pm