Life Sciences

Why Challenge Nature?

any health effects. The fact that they are found at all is only due to the significant advances in ...

Article - Lee Silver - Feb 24 2012 - 1:04am

Increased Complexity: Is This The First Rule Of Evolution?

“It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.” “This is the nearest thing to ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 17 2008 - 4:39pm

Stickleback Fish Elections Usually Come Down To Looks Too

trials, all or all but one of the fish followed the less attractive leader—not quite reaching ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2008 - 2:14pm

DNA Methylation Sites Less Like Islands, More Like Shores

a new method that searches all DNA, not just CpG islands. To their surprise, the researchers discovered ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 18 2009 - 9:36pm

Concept of Intelligence- Part 2

experience. However, one of the most important points we need to understand is that not all animals will ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jun 30 2009 - 10:23am

This ATM isn't for dispensing money-- it's for repairing DNA

ATM, like all proteins in the body, has specific jobs to do. Of course, proteins don't run around ...

Blog Post - Aubrey Chen - Dec 24 2009 - 5:32pm

Researchers Fingerprint Genes Involved In Endocytosis

a 'virtual cell' by understanding all of the processes and different interactions", explains ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2010 - 12:14pm

A Campaign to end Discrimination in Human Fertilisation

indeed sometimes the research is never published at all because it has been found wanting in various ways ...

Blog Post - Laurence Arnold - Mar 7 2010 - 11:37am

Me, you and we... thats what the bacteria talk!

learn about their population density and when they reach a particular number, they all together express ...

Blog Post - Viduthalai R. Regina - Oct 26 2010 - 2:09pm

Encoding Life's Complexity

carbon could only form 2 bonds.  Life as we know it would cease to exist; our DNA (and all DNA for that ...

Blog Post - Rafe Furst - Nov 19 2010 - 10:19am