items tagged with Biology
Flies, like people, can toss and turn all night
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-02-25 08:16:13
A new U.S. study has shown fruit flies have a brain chemical just like humans that controls sleep. The discovery may help people solve their insomnia and other sleep problems.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-02-25 08:16:13
A new U.S. study has shown fruit flies have a brain chemical just like humans that controls sleep. The discovery may help people solve their insomnia and other sleep problems.
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Protein: eat less to live longer, but less protein means fewer children
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-02-17 20:53:12
New research from the University of Sydney’s School of Biological Sciences has uncovered that “animals that eat less [protein] live longer”, but end up having fewer children. So, do you want a long life, or more children... and just how relevant are fruit fly studies to human beings, anyway?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-02-17 20:53:12
New research from the University of Sydney’s School of Biological Sciences has uncovered that “animals that eat less [protein] live longer”, but end up having fewer children. So, do you want a long life, or more children... and just how relevant are fruit fly studies to human beings, anyway?
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Expedition to track down extreme living creatures
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-08 09:02:24
Antarctica is filled with tiny organisms that love conditions too extreme for most other living thing. And a team of international scientists is looking for more of them at Lake Untersee in the cold confines of Antarctica.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-08 09:02:24
Antarctica is filled with tiny organisms that love conditions too extreme for most other living thing. And a team of international scientists is looking for more of them at Lake Untersee in the cold confines of Antarctica.
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The bacteria diet: It may help us lose weight
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-01-24 10:03:18
A British-Swiss study has found that feeding mice a certain type of bacterium helps them reduce the amount of fat digested. If successfully applied to humans, such a change could help us reduce the obesity problem.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-01-24 10:03:18
A British-Swiss study has found that feeding mice a certain type of bacterium helps them reduce the amount of fat digested. If successfully applied to humans, such a change could help us reduce the obesity problem.
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Columbus probably brought syphilis to Europe from New World
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-01-24 08:28:49
According to an Emory University (Atlanta) study, Christopher Columbus and his men may have left the New World with the bacteria that causes syphilis and returned to Europe with it—causing the spread of venereal syphilis.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-01-24 08:28:49
According to an Emory University (Atlanta) study, Christopher Columbus and his men may have left the New World with the bacteria that causes syphilis and returned to Europe with it—causing the spread of venereal syphilis.
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