Small RNAs and nutritional epigenetics (serious humor)
Serbian government honored me by putting me on their 20 recently In the context of nutritional epigenetics and “fitness,” small RNAs are clearly the drivers […]
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Ecologically linked adapted ants and brains
Ants Swarm Like Brains Think A neuroscientist studies ant colonies to understand feedback in the brain. By Carrie Arnold April 24, 2014 Excerpt: “The behavior […]
The Sheepish Selfish Gene
Adversarial Journalism and The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins posted on December 06, 2013 04:21PM GMT Excerpt 1) “…the difference between species has more to […]
Don’t tell the Creationists
Misquoting Science in the Texas Textbook Battles James A. Shapiro Author, ‘Evolution: A View from the 21st Century’; Professor of Microbiology, University of Chicago Posted: […]
The smell of cancer
What Does Cancer Smell Like? By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD Published: November 19, 2013 Excerpt: Diseases can subtly alter people’s fragrance. In the normal course of metabolism, […]
MicroRNA / messenger RNA balance-controlled adaptive evolution
“Relative germ cell vulnerability throughout the lifespan may depend on the type of perturbation encountered, with severe caloric restriction and chronic stress eliciting distinct mechanisms.“Excerpted […]
Pheromone controlled adaptive evolution and climate change
AAAS Member spotlight on George Gilchrist who examines the evolution happening around us. April 30, 2013 by Carrie Madren. Among other things, studies by AAAS […]
Natural selection and sexual selection for thermoregulation
Variety is the spice of life, but diversity is controlled by natural selection and sexual selection for thermoregulation Article Excerpt: “As systems-level research, which integrates […]
A bacterial world: A series of stages in evolution
“We are living in a bacterial world, and it’s impacting us more than previously thought.” February 15th, 2013 by by Lisa Zyga Excerpt: The percentage of […]