Dino Dinner, Dead Or Alive

Dino Dinner, Dead Or Alive

Many meat-eating dinosaurs may have been expert scavengers, like hyenas are today Researchers from Trinity College Dublin created 'Sims-like' computer models to recreate prehistoric ecosystems…
Spreading Seeds By Human Migration

Spreading Seeds By Human Migration

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Using DNA collected from corn grown by immigrant farmers in Los Angeles and Riverside, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found the genetic diversity of…
Why Bearcats Smell Like Buttered Popcorn

Why Bearcats Smell Like Buttered Popcorn

DURHAM, N.C. -- The bearcat. The binturong. Whatever you call this shy, shaggy-haired creature from Southeast Asia, many people who have met one notice the same thing: it smells like a movie theater…
Spotting DNA Repair Genes Gone Awry

Spotting DNA Repair Genes Gone Awry

April 13, 2016, NEW YORK, NY - Researchers led by Ludwig Cancer Research scientist Richard Kolodner have developed a new technique for sussing out the genes responsible for helping repair DNA damage…
How Climate Change Dries Up Mountain Streams

How Climate Change Dries Up Mountain Streams

The western United States relies on mountain snow for its water supply. Water stored as snow in the mountains during winter replenishes groundwater and drives river runoff in spring, filling…