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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Key to living 100 years: compress disabilities
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-02-13 08:15:56
According to Boston researchers, the key to living one hundred years is not necessarily the act of avoiding age-related diseases (morbidity) but the avoidance of those disabilities for as long as possible (compression of disease).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-02-13 08:15:56
According to Boston researchers, the key to living one hundred years is not necessarily the act of avoiding age-related diseases (morbidity) but the avoidance of those disabilities for as long as possible (compression of disease).
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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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