Oceanic Dispersal Drove Blind Snake Evolution

Oceanic Dispersal Drove Blind Snake Evolution

Blindsnakes are one of the few groups of organisms that inhabited Madagascar when it broke from India about 100 million years ago, and continental drift had a profound impact on how the animals…
Informed People Make Poor Choices, Study Says

Informed People Make Poor Choices, Study Says

Despite understanding the long term benefits of eating healthy and exercising,  people often forgo these potential gains for the immediate satisfaction of a big mac and a night of cable TV.…
Kids Who Do Cocaine At Higher Risk For Aids

Kids Who Do Cocaine At Higher Risk For Aids

Adults with a history of cocaine use face an increased risk of HIV as a result of engaging in unprotected sex. And a new study in Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse suggests that the…
A Mirror-Like View Of Supernova Remnant Cas A

A Mirror-Like View Of Supernova Remnant Cas A

Our telescopes show the Milky Way galaxy only as it appears from one vantage point: our solar system. B using a simple but powerful technique, astronomers have seen an exploding star or supernova…
Mice Regain Sight After Nanoparticle Gene Therapy

Mice Regain Sight After Nanoparticle Gene Therapy

Scientists have developed a non-viral, synthetic nanoparticle carrier to improve and save the sight of mice with retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited disease characterized by progressive vision loss…
Media rights and wrongs

Media rights and wrongs

If you want to believe news reports Prf. James Lovelock think we are too stupid to stop climate change. What he actually said was"I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever…