Archive for the ‘Biology’ Category

Discussing disgust - Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Disgust caused by filthy food, feces, and an unfair deal all trigger the same facial expression. So is our moral disgust the same as the primitive disgust caused by toxic food?

Micro eye movements - Thursday, February 12th, 2009

You can’t hold your eyes completely still, but what is the purpose of those tiny movements? A new study links them to the brain region that controls quick movements of the eye.

Celebrating Darwin and evolution - Thursday, February 5th, 2009

The theory of evolution is 150 years old, but forever young. We examine proofs for evolution, and four cool studies showing just how correct Charles Darwin was. Want to talk about silent crickets?

Life of the locust: Biblical plague explained - Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Locusts live a solitary life — until their bodies suddenly change, and they swarm into clouds of destructive insects. A new study fingers the trigger for this transformation.

Life during the “other” Big Bang! - Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Did the arrival of 4,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons of space junk start the formation of organic molecules roughly 4 billion years ago? “Could be,” says a new study from Japan…

Assembly-lines don’t work for ants! - Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Specialization may work in factories, but it does not make ant colonies more efficient. As the conventional wisdom about social insects goes topsy-turvy, what’s an ecologist to think?

Fish prove: The eyes have it! - Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

The color, vision and genetics of an African fish all vary depending on the clarity of its home waters. A new study suggests how species can form without geographic barriers.

Small is beautiful: Nanotech meets biology! - Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Biology operates on the nanometer scale, and now ultra-small technology is producing monster benefits for genetic analysis, cell biologists, and the treatment of blinding glaucoma.

At last: Parasites get some respect! - Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Along the coast of Baja, California, a new study finds that parasites outweigh top predators. What does this mean for ecology, and what is the story with “castrating parasites”?

Coral reefs: Massive threats to survival around the globe - Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Coral reefs are the ocean’s biodiversity hotspots, but a new study finds that one-third of reef-building corals are under some threat of extinction.

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