Life Sciences

What Is The Meaning Of "Organic" (And Inorganic) Food?

think that only some crops and cows are organic, while all others are not.  How can one simple word-- ...

Article - Lee Silver - Feb 24 2012 - 12:13am

Genomic Junk And Transcriptional Noise

all of the excitement over possible new functions, many biologists have forgotten how to frame a null ...

Article - Michael White - May 8 2009 - 11:18am

The Science Of Wine And Cheese

than it does to a highly-rated chef, just like Eskimoes have all those words for snow and it ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 21 2010 - 10:47am

Sorry David Attenborough, We Didn't Evolve From Aquatic Apes

concluded his paper saying that this was all only speculation – a “hypothesis to be discussed and tested ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 19 2016 - 9:25am

The Benefits Of Our 100 Million-Year Relationship With Herpesviruses

infection has to be suppressed all over again, and obviously our immune systems would prefer to just keep ...

Article - Michael White - Apr 25 2008 - 11:15am

CRISPR Shows How A Bacterial Cell Can Recognize Its Own DNA

survival tactic – its programmed drive to replicate at all costs – that proves to be its downfall. “Still,” ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2015 - 2:40pm

MicroRNA, The Puppet Master Of The Genome

cells and it all starts from the genome. The development of protein coding and non-coding genes in the ...

Article - The Conversation - May 6 2015 - 7:30am

A Microscope- What A Wonderful Toy

power. So what do I plan to do with this instrument? Of course, I want to learn all that there is to ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jun 12 2019 - 12:37am

Attention Athletes: Get Ready For Performance-Enhancing Bacteria Probiotic Microbiome Omics Hype

more than statistical correlation is. But in a paper all you have to do is note the same bacteria are ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 6 2019 - 8:31am

Politicizing Aphid Poop

activists hate GMOs, RNAi, CRISPR and most all science. They hate biology. The only modern plant biology ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 11 2022 - 5:11pm