Life Sciences

Bacteroides Fragilis May Be A Fifth Columnist Helping Colon Cancer In Your Body

bacteria and, importantly, do not infect human cells. But not all of these viruses kill the bacteria they ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 28 2026 - 4:30am

The Purpose Of Life

baldness, is all there is to it; we have discovered no higher principle in nature.” You could be forgiven ...

Article - Steve Davis - Nov 6 2009 - 5:02pm

Deep Genomics And Our Chromatin Landscape

is, of all of the many factors that can change the expression of the genes without changing the genes. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 14 2011 - 11:54am

What Our Genes Tell Us About Race

variants. However the basic approach to measuring genetic difference that I've described is all we need ...

Article - Michael White - Dec 10 2008 - 5:07pm

GMOs May Save Us From Climate Change

of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change is expected to affect all ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2012 - 4:30am

Chess, Psychoanalysis, Evolutionary Psychology And The Nature Of Pseudoscience

‘ol Oedipus complex-- itself rooted in the all-encompassing Freudian explanation for human behavior, ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - May 19 2011 - 3:47pm

The Future Of Biohacking: Nuclear Weapons Vs. Computer Viruses

genes is one thing- making them do what you want is a very different problem. In fact, in all except for ...

Article - Michael White - Apr 8 2009 - 9:55am

Cooperation Among Prey Animals- Biology Part 5

being isolated. Without exploring all the details and nuances of various group behaviors, the general ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - May 30 2009 - 7:04pm

Friction And Epistasis: You Can't Ignore 'em

luck enters: Katsanis went after the biology of the genes harboring these variants, and found that all ...

Article - Michael White - Apr 14 2010 - 10:38pm

"a step too far in meddling with the building blocks of human life."

organisms had all evolved together on the mainland, not all of them got stuck on the newly formed island. ...

Blog Post - Mark Berman - Apr 17 2010 - 7:47pm