Archive for the ‘Structure and function in living systems’ Category

GM Crops: How Hazardous? - Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Do GM crops work as advertised? Do they kill only pest insects? Do they keep their modified genes to themselves? Or are they a hazard to the environment? Read the GM crop 10-year checkup.

Endurance Sports: Training Tips - Thursday, July 1st, 2004

Armstrong wins historic 7th Tour de France. How do endurance athletes prepare for Tour de France? Marathon? Ironman?

Soil Matters: More than You Think! - Thursday, April 8th, 2004

History shows societies collapse without soil. What can the world cando to keep our dirt clean?

Growing Teeth in the Lab - Thursday, February 19th, 2004

Developmental biology meets dentistry as scientists grow human teeth in test tubes. All the latest on test-tube teeth. Sounds better than the iron teeth that the Romans used…

Nobel Prizefight - Thursday, October 23rd, 2003

Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology given to inventors of MRI machine — but were these guys really the inventors? Meet an unprecedented PR campaign to change the Nobel.

Snails Declining in New York - Thursday, May 1st, 2003

Rock climbing may be harming snail populations along the Niagara Escarpment.

Elephant on the Run! - Thursday, April 17th, 2003

Stanford researchers learn that fast-moving elephants are running, not walking.

Brain Development: Man v. Mouse - Thursday, October 24th, 2002

Many things distinguish human from rodent. Those ever-growing teeth. That habit of digging through foundations. The ability to design web pages or dream up the ridiculous game of golf… If you haven’t looked under the hood lately, these talents come from quintessentially human section of brain, the cerebral cortex. How does the cerebral cortex develop?

Stomach in Silicon - Thursday, October 10th, 2002

Want to watch a pill dissolve? The virtual stomach may be your best bet yet!

Giant Squid: Long, Tall, Strange - Thursday, December 20th, 2001

Big squid photos seen from deep ocean. Animal is 7 meters long, and lives more than a kilometer below the surface. Wouldn’t you love to see one in person?

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