Gaming Evolves
0 Comments Published September 2nd, 2008 by in Evolution, Computers and the Internet, Science and Technology, Biology and BiochemistryA new video game allows players to create their own evolving organism.
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Gaming Evolution
0 Comments Published September 1st, 2008 by in Evolution, Computers and the Internet, Science and Technology, Biology and BiochemistryA new video game allows players to create their own evolving organism.
Researchers Report Advances in Cell Conversion Technique
0 Comments Published August 28th, 2008 by in Insulin, Proteins, Biology and BiochemistryBiologists at Harvard have converted cells from a mouse’s pancreas into the insulin-producing cells that are destroyed in diabetes.
Scientist at Work: Diana Beresford-Kroeger: Advocating an Unusual Role for Trees
0 Comments Published August 12th, 2008 by in Gardens and Gardening, Trees and Shrubs, Medicine and Health, Biology and BiochemistryDiana Beresford-Kroeger brings together Western medicine and botany to advocate for the planting of trees with beneficial properties.
Observatory: The Greater the Threat, the Hotter the Chili
0 Comments Published August 11th, 2008 by in Chili (Food), Seeds, Biology and BiochemistryThe same things that make a chili pepper attractive to animals also draw bacteria and funguses that can kill its seeds.
Scientist At Work: Diana Beresford-Kroeger: Advocating an Unusual Role for Trees
0 Comments Published August 11th, 2008 by in Gardens and Gardening, Trees and Shrubs, Medicine and Health, Biology and BiochemistryDiana Beresford-Kroeger brings together Western medicine and botany to advocate for the planting of trees with beneficial properties.
Science Visuals: The Gang of Four at the Gateway of Life
0 Comments Published August 11th, 2008 by in DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid), Science and Technology, Biology and BiochemistryHow does an egg cell divide and direct its progeny to turn into each of the many types of cell needed by the adult?
Visuals: The Gang of Four at the Gateway of Life
0 Comments Published August 8th, 2008 by in DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid), Science and Technology, Biology and BiochemistryHow does an egg cell divide and direct its progeny to turn into each of the many types of cell needed by the adult?
Hoping Two Drugs Carry a Side Effect: Longer Life
0 Comments Published July 22nd, 2008 by in Longevity, Resveratrol (Chemical), GlaxoSmithKline PLC|GSK|NYSE, Sirtris, Aged, Diabetes, Science and Technology, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Medicine and Health, Biology and BiochemistrySirtris, a drug company, has two drugs in clinical trials that it hopes will avert degenerative diseases of aging like diabetes, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s.
Lyall Watson, 69, Adventurer and Explorer of the ‘Soft Edges of Science,’ Dies
0 Comments Published July 21st, 2008 by in Exploration and Explorers, Watson, Lyall, Supernature (Book), Monkeys and Apes, Archaeology and Anthropology, Science and Technology, Deaths (Obituaries), Biology and BiochemistryMr. Watson was a maverick scientific polymath and explorer who wrote the best-selling book “Supernature” and introduced the “hundredth monkey” theory.