Life Sciences

Programmed Cell Death- In Plants, Animals And Humans, One Thing We All Have In Common

Parts of our genetic programs that determine programmed cell death in plants and animals are actually evolutionarily related and function in a similar way, according to an article in Nature Cell Biology. Research has previously believed that animals and pl ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2009 - 10:11am

Getting All A's But Flunking Life- IQ Scores Climb As Creativity Sinks

Almost 30 years ago philosopher James Flynn discovered that IQ scores were increasing in every industrialized country around the globe. But before we pat ourselves on back, Bronson and Merryman warn us that we may be in the midst of a Creativity Crisis. Al ...

Article - Drs. Fernette and... - Jul 30 2010 - 10:10am

Early Musical Training Benefits The Brain All Life Long

Older adults who took music lessons as children but hadn't actively played an instrument in decades have faster brain responses to sounds than those who never played an instrument, according to a study appearing in the Journal of Neuroscience.  As pe ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2013 - 6:14pm

Male Infertility: It's All About The Package

3 million men across America experience infertility. Today, researchers described a key event during sperm development that is essential for male fertility- a protein controls DNA packaging to protect a man's genetic information.  ...

Article - News Staff - May 13 2014 - 8:59am

Groovy Giraffes- How Do Those Spindly Legs Support All That Weight?

Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College have identified a highly specialized ligament structure that is thought to prevent giraffes' legs from collapsing under the immense weight of these animals. "Giraffes are heavy animals (around 1000 kg) ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2014 - 3:26am

Learning New Skills: It's All About Flexing The Brain

Learning a new skill is easier when it is related to an ability we already have. For example, a trained pianist can learn a new melody easier than learning how to hit a tennis serve. Scientists from the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) have ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 29 2014 - 2:22pm

We're All Going To Die: Knowing When May Just Be A Matter Of Chromosomes

Tiny biological clocks attached to our chromosomes can't tell us the exact moment of our death, but they can narrow it down. These DNA end caps, called telomeres, are the great predictors of life expectancy: the shorter your telomeres, the shorter you ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2015 - 2:12pm

Not Aliens After All: Mysterious Mounds In South America Created By Earthworms

Mysterious spectacular mounds found in the earth in tropical wetlands in South America are created by earthworms, researchers have found. The densely packed, regularly spaced mounds cover large areas of the Orinoco Llanos in Columbia and Venezuela. Until ...

Article - News Staff - May 12 2016 - 6:56am

Happy Octopus Day!

spelling of all right, and octopi is an acceptable plural of octopus. But I don't have to like it. ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 8 2009 - 5:12pm

A Discussion With George Church On His New Book Regenesis And Synthetic Biology

reprogramming viruses. Q: How does this work? How can we possibly reprogram all viral genomes? Is the work on ...

Article - Randall Mayes - Nov 12 2012 - 9:49pm