The less educated the mother, the shorter the newborn’s telomeres.
MedXpress details the chromosome damage that seems to be caused by economic inequality; in other words, the more educated you are, the more protected your […]
biology
Maybe… just maybe… we’re getting as much sleep as we always did.
It sure doesn’t feel like it, but Scientific American has some research to suggest that all these screens and electric lights really aren’t ruining our […]
My great-grandmother was stressed when she was pregnant AND IT FREAKS ME OUT!
Science Daily has yet more research on the heritability of stress, with research that shows the effects of stress on one pregnant mom can last […]
The cool bedroom weight-loss plan.
VCU researchers have found a cool way to boost your body’s supply of (metabolism-raising) brown fat cells – by turning down your air conditioning: Researchers […]
Fish are saving the planet.
Aquaman may have had more going for him than he gets credit for. Scientific American reveals the amazing power fish have to reverse global warming: […]
Young blood renews old brains.
PhysOrg reveals a new discovery in vampire science – that infusion of blood from young mice makes old mice brains youthful again: …[T]hey also conducted […]
We can get embryonic stem cells… by cloning adults.
Nature introduces yet another ethical wrinkle into the production of stem cells, with new techniques to create cell-generating embryos from adult cells: On 17 April, […]
Science Art: Diagram to show relations in ovum in ovo, 1899.
Click to embiggen From the sizzling pages of The American Naturalist on May 1, 1889, comes Francis H. Herrick’s fascinating study of an egg that […]
Aging-reversing remedy ready for human trials. It already works on mice.
The Las Vegas Guardian Liberty Voice is turning back the hands of time with the latest study that promises to reverse aging: The study was […]
Slime logic. Who needs silicon chips?
Science Daily has a lively take on computing, with new circuits made of living slime molds: Andrew Adamatzky (University of the West of England, Bristol, […]
Should you really eat that lobster? On invertebrates and pain…
New Scientist takes a surprisingly nuanced look at the way things like oysters and shrimp might actually be responding to trauma. They’re not all the […]
Mother’s milk made to order.
Breastfeeding, the Australian Broadcasting Corp tells us, is a little more bespoke than one might expect: “Mothers are producing different biological recipes for sons and […]
Everybody ages… well, except when they don’t. Meet the Peter Pans.
Nature uncovers the secret lives of creatures that never grow old: A comparison of standardized demographic patterns across 46 species, published today in Nature, suggests […]
Death is slow. Slower than we thought.
Discovery takes a long look at a slow death… watching life leave cell by cell… bit by bit: David Gems from the Institute of Health […]
SONG: “Regenerative Medicine”
SONG: “Regenerative Medicine” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “Decellularized Mouse Heart Beats Again After Regenerating With Human Heart […]