Archive for the ‘Life Science’ Category

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.

Bush creates huge Pacific reserves - Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Three giant new reserves, extend 50 miles out from shore, will protect coral reefs, fish, clams, and other life forms. But how effective are marine protected areas?

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.

Electric eye learns from animal eye! - Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Lenses cannot project a perfect image on the flat back of a camera, so images are distorted at the edges. A revolutionary camera solves this problem by curving the light detector.

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”?

Song of the crocodile - Thursday, June 26th, 2008

How does momma croc know when to dig up the young? How do the embryos know when to start hatching? The secret’s in the song…

Learning to read mouse pee - Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Mice can tell the sex, mating status and identity of another mouse — all from sniffing urine. A new study of how mice read pheromones also gives insight into the human sensory apparatus…

Bring in the clones: Sand dollars make small change - Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Minute sand dollar larvae, tasty morsels in a sea of famished fish, have a clever way to help ensure their genes are passed to the next generation.

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