The Hallmarks of Cancer: Growth Factors and Cell Signaling
This article originally appeared on Know The Cosmos. I will be re-posting excerpts here for
Biology
The Ten Hallmarks of Cancer
This series of articles originally appeared on Know The Cosmos. I will be reposting the articles
Red bacteria as astronaut food
Like something out of Stanley Kubrick’s famed 2001: A Space Odyssey her name is Melissa.
The language of biofilms
Every once in awhile, communities form. Collections of similar or diverse things come together, and
What Animals Will Go Extinct During Our Lifetime?
I spent the other day meandering through some of the exhibits on display at the
The parasitic warfare perpetrated by ladybirds
There is a scientific term that causes fear and alarm to those that study biodiversity.
The beat the mosquito’s heart didn’t skip
It pulsed continuously without stopping. Then it repeated, as it had done many times before.
Combating the rise of the superbugs: The health and scientific challenges of antibiotic resistance
It’s hard to imagine the world prior to antibiotics, a world where even a deep
Invasion of the Asian tiger mosquito
Sometime during that glorious decade known as the 1980s, a shipment landed in Houston, Texas.
Rare echidna species not so extinct after all?
Speaking as a European, Australia has something of a reputation for having some rather unusual
The bacteria that live inside hurricanes
Seven miles above the Earth’s surface, where the weather is born, lies the troposphere –
The animal link to sleeping sickness
As with many parasites, the nuisance they bring is partly compensated for by new insights
Citizen Science
Citizen Scientists An interesting report released last week from the UK Environmental Observation Framework reveals the benefit
Does my science look big in this? The astrobiology edition
During the 20th century a powerful new idea gradually entered our consciousness and culture: cosmic