Research: Translation of genes more complex than expected —
Researchers from the group of Marvin Tanenbaum at the Hubrecht Institute have shown that translation of the genetic information stored in our DNA...
Research: How flow shapes bacterial biofilms —
Although we tend to think of them as solitary sojourners of the world, bacteria are actually very social organisms. In fact, the vast...
Research: Argentine fossils take oak and beech family history far into Southern Hemisphere —
One of the world's most important plant families has a history extending much farther south than any live or fossil specimen previously recorded,...
Research: New study identifies molecular aging ‘midlife crisis’ —
Just as a computer requires code to work, our bodies are regulated by molecular "programs" that are written early in life and then...
Research: Scientists found that learned behaviors in C. elegans can be conveyed through the...
Princeton University researchers have discovered that learned behaviors can be inherited for multiple generations in C. elegans, transmitted from parent to progeny via...
Research: Is sex primarily a strategy against transmissible cancer? —
One of the greatest enigmas of evolutionary biology is that while sex is the dominant mode of reproduction among multicellular organisms, asexual reproduction...
Research: How undifferentiated cells commit to their biological fate —
From the light-sensing cones of the retina to the blood-pumping muscle of the heart to the waste-filtering units of the kidneys, the human...
Research: New research examines development of personality in birds —
For birds, differences in personality are a function of both age and experience, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists.
The study...
Research: Research suggests the mountains formed in a westward collision event more than 100...
The Canadian Rocky Mountains were formed when the North American continent was dragged westward during the closure of an ocean basin off the...
Research: Mystery of shrinking population may be linked to eels devouring their own skeletons...
The future of European eels -- a critically-endangered species -- is under threat from toxic metals found in the rivers and lakes where...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
