Life Sciences

Creating 480 Varieties Of Wheat Is Deserving Of The World Food Prize

land. Increasing the yield of all our major cereal crops – maize, rice and wheat, in that order – is ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 17 2014 - 1:30pm

Watching Neurons Learn: Learning New Ideas Is More Difficult

things that are hard to learn all the time,” Gabrieli said. “And those situations where you have to learn ...

Article - Joel Shurkin - May 25 2015 - 11:12am

Eat More Meat, Get Lower Blood Pressure?

whether the risk of doing so is equated to smoking or cited as the cause of rising diabetes rates. All the ...

Article - Inside Science - Sep 22 2014 - 7:30am

Sleep Hormone In Humans Makes Plankton Jet Lagged Too

lag. But virtually all animals have melatonin. What is its role in other species, and how did it evolve ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 27 2014 - 2:00pm

Babies' Gut Bacteria Are Mostly Fixed By Time Spent In The Womb

The key to all of these is the healthy development of the gut. This development occurs during the ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 3 2014 - 5:08pm

Making Bone From Fat Cells

"Approaches like this allow us to isolate all the cells that are capable of doing what we want, whether they ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 6 2014 - 11:31am

Cyborg Bacteria Can Defeat Bioterrorism

what is happening, they have actually controlled cell metabolism- all on a chip. That's a real ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 8 2014 - 3:40pm

Learning Science From Fiction: A Review Of Ryan Lockwood’s “Below”

a real species.” It’s an understandable concern. After all, the legacy of Jaws includes horrific damage ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Oct 10 2014 - 1:48pm

High School Exam Guide: What To Eat To Help Your Brain

wholemeal sandwich- one to two hours beforehand. Even if you’ve been unhealthy all year, starting now will ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 7 2014 - 10:01am

Europe Reinvestigates Fetal Cell Transplants For Parkinson’s Disease

more than a decade, but symptoms did eventually return. However, they all died from causes not related ...

Article - Genetic Literacy ... - Oct 8 2014 - 8:00am