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Ponce de Leon looked for a spring that had waters of eternal youth. Scientists search for a Fountain of Youth is trying to figure out just what it is that slows aging processes in animals, and eventually humans. A recent study of fruit flies may hold the key. Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological [...]

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We’re all going to be going in blind on this one, but this is quite interesting and something that is stated as groundbreaking. A “hidden” code linked to the DNA of plants allows them to develop and pass down new biological traits far more rapidly than previously thought, according to the findings of a groundbreaking [...]

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I was watching the BBC documentary “Life” with David Attenborough earlier today and figured this was interesting enough that I wanted to read and share a bit more about it. While most people believe that only humans are tool users, it has been observed in nature that some other primates use them as well. Chimpanzees [...]

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The Taxoplasma parasites live inside the brains of rats. They are born in the digestive system of cats. I’m sure you can deduce that the functions of these animals and their natural food chain connection plays a role hear. It has long been thought that taxoplasma parasites manipulate rats in a way that makes them [...]

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As any sort of science, or biology fan I think this may be one of the most interesting and astounding television shows I have watched. While the productions values aren’t like something as majestic as say “Planet Earth”, this show is probably much more informative. The title of the show gives you a clue to [...]

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As you can imagine, heart cells are some of the more sought after cells to be able to create, and/or program from other cells considering that as we get older it is one of the organs that tends to be our demise. Now, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania [...]

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Evolution has always presumed that self-fertilization is much more efficient than the way we do it as humans. From a July 8 report in Science, “Running with the Red Queen: Host-Parasite Coevolution Selects for Biparental Sex“, a study looking to prove benefits other than this says that sexual reproduction via cross-fertilization keeps host populations one [...]

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We are all eagerly awaiting the day when the final solution to the baldness gene is discovered wand we all can have lush Fabio hair. Well…us with thinning hairlines in our family are at least. Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists deciphered how hair stem cells in mice and rabbits can communicate with each [...]

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A recent study suggests that two factors directly relate to how developed a baby’s brain will become. Dduration of pregnancy and how long they suckle are said to increase brain growth. Obviously pregnancy length isn’t something that can be controlled too well. This observation is just that, an observation based on the study of 128 [...]

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There has been more and more talk over recent years about transferring consciousness into a machine that may allow humans to live on long past their bodies. I was actually thinking about this for a short story (it is more comedic than anything, but it had this idea in it) as recent as yesterday. More [...]

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