Life Sciences

Biologists Say Natural Selection Acts On Gene Networks

malaria is present. "All the cases of balancing selection that have been identified so far, like ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 17 2010 - 2:10pm

You Telo-Me, I Tell-o You

all: that aging — and longevity — are random processes, driven by inner and outer events of completely ...

Article - Greg Critser - Feb 19 2010 - 7:04pm

Did Music Evolve Before Language?

a multisensory auditory experience, which we all instinctively know, but that stimulus and response are too ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 20 2010 - 5:53pm

Giant Squid In Aquariums By 2020?

it's frightfully disappointing that Marine Biologist Hopes to Raise Giant Squid In Captivity is all ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Feb 22 2010 - 12:49am

Dealing With Dependence

of other genes.  We also know that all of the genes in a sample came from the same genome (or ...

Article - L.K. Tuominen - Apr 11 2010 - 10:55am

Home Cheese Makers Take Note: Consider Kefir For Making Feta

process. In addition to saving money and serving as an all-in-one add-on to the milk, the article concludes ...

Article - Justin Maresh - Apr 17 2010 - 5:38pm

Researchers Discover Missing Human Genome Sequences

all, of a particular DNA sequence may account for why these sequences were missing from the reference ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2010 - 11:35am

Biological Tumor Killers- Oncolytic Viruses

using viruses began all the way back in 1980s, where scientists (including my boss) have started ...

Article - Jennifer Wong - Apr 20 2010 - 5:31pm

Organic Farming Not So Wildlife Friendly, Study Finds

a wider area. Comparisons were made also between individual fields, with 192 fields sampled in all. The ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2010 - 11:33am

How Many Limbs Should Humans Have?

all animal phyla, a law I first published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology in 2001 ...

Article - Mark Changizi - May 10 2010 - 12:54pm