Posts in: Life Science

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Last laugh

Last laugh

What evolution can tell us about why we laugh

By | Posted May 8, 2013

Dental records

Dental records

A new study explains why whales have such unusual teeth

By | Posted April 22, 2013

Mollusk medicine

Mollusk medicine

Cone snail bacteria may yield new opportunities for drug development

By | Posted March 27, 2013

Science through a different lens

Science through a different lens

Scientist? Filmmaker? Alexis Gambis welcomes both labels

By | Posted March 1, 2013

Sauropods turning heads

Sauropods turning heads

What a new discovery can tell us about the necks of the largest dinosaurs

By | Posted February 25, 2013

Revisiting the Grandmother Hypothesis

Revisiting the Grandmother Hypothesis

Do post-menopausal women deserve the credit for humans’ long life span?

By | Posted February 20, 2013

A transformation akin to damaged DNA

A transformation akin to damaged DNA

How finding molecular modeling changed Suse Broyde’s life

By | Posted February 7, 2013

Bitter is better

Bitter is better

How bitterness established the genetics of taste and supertasters came to rule taste research

By | Posted January 18, 2013

Director of the Mutter Museum Robert Hicks feeds his pet leeches, Hunter and Harvey. [Image credit: Evi Numen]

A rich life among the dead

Robert Hicks wants to show you his tumors, his bones and his jars of fetuses

By | Posted January 6, 2013

Why do our pupils dilate?

Why do our pupils dilate?

How the aperture of our eyes offers a glimpse into the mind

By | Posted December 6, 2012

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