Life Sciences

Citizen Scientists Mapping the Connectome

apart from all other known life on this planet. If we could tap into that "something," then we ...

Blog Post - Matthew T. Dearing - Feb 14 2012 - 11:55am

Fungi: Weapons Of Biomass Destruction

2004), and its close relative Ceriporiopsis subvermispora are found all over the world and are of ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 22 2012 - 5:30pm

Made To Order Microbes And The Future Of Food

other resources. He isn't wrong all that often so his words have weight. He went head-to-head with ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2012 - 12:19am

HaCYC2c Gene: Source Of Van Gogh's Sunflower Genetic Mutation Revealed

always have a disrupted copy of the gene. "All of this evidence tells us that the mutation ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 29 2012 - 9:30pm

The Sweet Smell Of Synthetic Whale Ambergris

perfumes. “With cheap perfumes, half an hour later all the good stuff is gone and it’s evaporated before the ...

Article - Rachel Nuwer - Apr 11 2012 - 2:08pm

Bats Gave Us Mumps: Multiple Infectious Agents Discovered In 'Virus Reservoir'

analysis shows that almost all of the forebears of today's paramyxoviruses have existed in bats," ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2012 - 2:02pm

Desperate Fishwives- Goby Girls Go Gaga

draws to an end, guys drop dead by the hour, making goby girls go all out in their hunt for a mate to ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2012 - 4:00am

Hatchery Salmon Versus Wild Salmon

is now much greater than wild chum salmon, so it is not all that surprising that we are seeing ...

Article - News Staff - May 16 2012 - 3:49pm

Polar Bears Genetic Ancestry Traced Back 600,000 Years

information”, says Hailer, “which makes a lot of sense, given all the unique adaptations in polar bears.” ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2012 - 10:49am

Why Don't We Have Giant Insects Today?

Jurassic and beginning of the Cretaceous period, about 150 million years ago, all of a sudden oxygen goes ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 4 2012 - 4:13pm