Life Sciences

More Cephalopods in COML!

octopuses) were all described long before the COML ever started. What's been discovered are new species ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Nov 24 2009 - 1:35pm

Genes, proteins, and you: Molecular biology for the weekend enthusiast

visualized by thinking of an unrelated topic entirely: DVD players. We have all had the experience of trying ...

Blog Post - Aubrey Chen - Dec 22 2009 - 9:27pm

Unvaccinated Children Spreading Chickenpox

a highly contagious disease that causes a high fever, an itchy rash and red spots or blisters all over the ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 4 2010 - 5:49pm

Efforts Move Forward On Universal DNA Reader

chemical modification to both electrodes could distinguish between all 4 DNA bases. "We've now ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 7:02pm

Endoxenoturbella Lovénii- New Bacteria Found In Sweden

evolution of the animal kingdom, and has drawn researchers from all over the world to the Sven Lovén Centre ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2010 - 11:57am

The love to know; ignorance is not exculpatory

solving all his troubles) will not be able to face challenges during adulthood. So, the individual genetic ...

Blog Post - Arturo Pèrez-Arteaga - May 22 2010 - 9:15pm

Getting Fired Up About Synapses

perspective there are more synapses in your brain than all of the cells in the body, more synapses than grains ...

Article - Kathy Murphy - Jul 13 2010 - 9:31am

Squid Egg Masses Are 100% Awesome

diverse. That's right, we are all obsessed with squid sex. So obsessed that we will make ourselves ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Oct 13 2010 - 1:54pm

Why CNVs Explain My Kid's Grades

'hit' here is a CNV that damages a gene, resulting in ADHD.) Of course, all three hypotheses might be ...

Article - Michael White - Oct 17 2010 - 9:11am

Squid Can Fly, Hear, Teach, And Recover From (Over?) Fishing

known for a long time that squid can fly, but a recent review paper summed up all the evidence and made ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Nov 23 2011 - 7:28pm