Very early mugshots
(submitted by JH) The lone star state of Texas unwittingly set off a firestorm of controversy by collecting 800 samples of blood from new borns. The samples were to be part of a new study and Continue Reading
Males, who needs ‘em?
(submitted by LH) In the United States, there is essentially one male for every female. But this series of graphics illustrates that this is not always the case. There are many factors that play Continue Reading
Jurassic Park 2, Life Imitates Art
Imagine a world where pigeons and squirrels frolic about campus. The occasional feral cat dashing across west mall. Rove herds of woolly mammoths grazing around the MLK statue… It seems that Continue Reading
If cats had opposable thumbs…
…there would no longer be a need for humans. The last barrier to opening cat food tins would drop and humans would be reduced to warm spots. Scientists have recently identified an enhancer Continue Reading
That dude is such a vole.
When they say that people in love have a certain chemistry, there may be something to it. Some time ago, it was observed that voles of different species can have remarkably different behaviour. In Continue Reading
When dinosaurs walked the Earth…
Until now, scientists have only been able to produce clones using cells from live animals. This is how researchers created Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult Continue Reading
Exam Anxiety
“See what will happen if you don’t stop biting your fingernails?” — Will Rogers, to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo So you can just stop freaking about exams in this Continue Reading
Where the future and past meet: teeny robots and Lamarck’s theories
Researchers say “countless” lives could be saved with a blood test to quickly and easily determine if breast cancer survivors were suffering another bout of the disease. Experts in the Continue Reading
A fish by any other name, still smells as icky
Is that really super tuna that they are serving you? Some students recently used DNA testing to determine how often sushi-grade meat was actually the type of fish advertised. They found that one in Continue Reading
How to prepare for the next exam….
1) Have a friend get this tattoo on their back. 2) Sit behind them. 3) Make sure that they don’t wear a shirt that day. I expect no less dedication to the studmuffin of all molecules from each Continue Reading
When genes hang out together.
This is a fascinating story of a gene fusion event. Last year, in a paper published in PNAS in collaboration with Richard Cordaux (now at the University of Poitiers, France) and Mark Batzer (LSU), Continue Reading
