Top Ten Myths About the Brain
When it comes to this complex, mysterious, fascinating organ, what do—and don’t—we know?
1. We use only 10 percent of our brains.This one sounds so compelling—a precise number, repeated in pop culture for a century, implying that we [...]
Fossil from 275 million years ago shows oldest abscess
The first-known occurrence of an oral infection has been found in a 275-million-year-old fossil.
The Labidosaurus hamatus fossil, whose detailed analysis using X-rays is described in Naturwissenschaften journal, shows signs of an abscess.
The [...]
Sharp-toothed fossil links old and new dinosaurs
New dinosaur species is a missing link. The surprising discovery of a fossil of a sharp–toothed beast that lurked in what is now the western U.S. more than 200 million years ago is filling a gap in dinosaur evolution.
Sharp-toothed fossil. [...]
Indian scientists develop protein-packed potatoes
A team of Indian scientists have developed a genetically modified potato which they claim is packed with up to 60 per cent more protein than an ordinary tuber. The potato variant created by researchers at National Institute for Plant Genome [...]
Australia corals to light up cancer cure fight
Australian scientists have discovered a cluster of brilliant shallow-water corals that could help in the search for anti-cancer drugs and to understand global warming, a researcher said Saturday.
The vividly fluorescent cluster was found in [...]
Spider Silk and Goats’ Milk
Lab Spins Artificial Spider Silk, Paving the Way to New Materials. Tougher than Kevlar and stronger than steel, spider silk has long intrigued engineers and scientists because of its potential industrial and medical applications.
Now, a biotech [...]
Biotech Firms Transforming Animals Into Drug-Producing Machines
Transgenic creatures carry human DNA that produce proteins. Biotech protien drugs and theraputic antibodies are currently brewed in factories like in Genentech plant.
Several biotech firms in the United States and Europe are giving new meaning [...]
Ban dissection in colleges, urges PETA
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Tuesday urged the University Grants Commission (UGC) to ban dissection in zoology classes in universities and colleges.
The animals rights group along with some scientists and academics recommended [...]
All matches of FIFA World Cup 2010 has a little India!
India in 2010 Fifa Final: Andreas Gellner, Adidas India managing director, is no prophet but he does know who will be in the 2010 Fifa World Cup final in South Africa. Jabulani; but the official match ball for football’s greatest show.
And [...]
Group seeks endangered listing for bumblebee
A conservation group filed a petition Wednesday to add a bumblebee from Southern Oregon and Northern California to the endangered species list.
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and University of California at Davis entomologist [...]
