Memed again: Blogs that make me think...

Memed again: Blogs that make me think...

Memed again! Here are some great blogs that make me think 'outside of my box'. Pass on the meme... Secret Sex Lives of Animals A weekly column on the bizarre, wonderful, colourful and sometimes…
Researchers study memory by chemically erasing it

Researchers study memory by chemically erasing it

For years, scientists have studied the molecular basis of memory storage, trying to find the molecules that store memory, just as DNA stores genetic memory. Brandeis University researchers report…
Juice not the reason for child obesity, CDC says.

Juice not the reason for child obesity, CDC says.

No snowflake in an avalanche takes the blame. Using the same database that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses to confirm the rise in obesity rates, researchers have concluded…
Invasion of the island bats

Invasion of the island bats

Ever since the relationship between land area and number of species crystallized into a mathematical power function, islands and island archipelagoes have been thought of as biological destinations…
No evidence older women generate new eggs

No evidence older women generate new eggs

It is highly unlikely that older women generate new eggs, report researchers at the University of South Florida in collaboration with a center in China. The USF study counters the controversial…
How to steer a moving cell

How to steer a moving cell

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have developed new technology which, combined with proteomics – the large-scale study of the structure and function of…
Genetic roots of bipolar disorder revealed

Genetic roots of bipolar disorder revealed

The likelihood of developing bipolar disorder depends in part on the combined, small effects of variations in many different genes in the brain, none of which is powerful enough to cause the disease…