Life Sciences

Giving Worms Anorexia Doubles Their Lifespan In Study

all the tissues and cells in the organism seemed to get stuck at two main checkpoints. These ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2014 - 5:10pm

Genetics Matter: Sorry, Malcolm Gladwell, You Will Not Be Usain Bolt No Matter How Hard You Practice

won't come as a surprise to most biologists, sports scientists, or coaches—all of the previous data ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 28 2014 - 12:06pm

Fight Parasites, Unleash A Dormant Virus

fight parasites that infect nearly a quarter of all humans. The same signals cause an inactive herpes ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2014 - 4:30pm

Kangaroo Discovery- The First Animal To Use Its Tail As A Leg

Biomechanically, it is all fascinating.” Citation: Shawn M. O'Connor, Terence J. Dawson, Rodger Kram and J. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2014 - 10:31pm

Sleep Deprived? That's What Psychosis Is Like

kept awake all night with movies, conversation, games and brief walks. On the following morning, ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2014 - 2:58pm

Is Ranavirus Behind Frog Population Declines?

ranavirus affects frogs at all stages of their life cycle– from egg to hatchling to tadpole to metamorph, ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2014 - 12:35pm

Epigenetics: Inherited 'Memory' Of Environment Is Overhyped

your weight. For all the confusion, you have to blame epidemiologists who know just enough science to ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2014 - 10:01pm

1960s Redux: Injected Polio Vaccine Could Help Eradicate The Disease

from a densely populated urban area in Vellore, India, all of whom had received the oral polio vaccine ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2014 - 8:01pm

SAVI: Gene Linked To Fatal Inflammatory Disease In Children Identified

Dr. Goldbach-Mansky had seen two other patients with the same symptoms. She suspected that all three ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2014 - 12:30am

Gopher It: Four New Species Of Tuco-tucos Identified

central valleys of Bolivia, where all four new species were found. Three of the newly identified animals-- ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2014 - 10:01am