Topic: Biology

Exercise 'can cut obesity rate'

Physical exercise can reduce a genetic predisposition to obesity by an average of 40 percent, a new study showed on Tuesday. The research...
Experts are set to testify in a federal lawsuit in Chicago, where five states are asking a judge to close Illinois shipping locks to prevent ...
Nova International has today announced that the British Gas Great North Swim , which was originally due to be staged at Lake Windermere on the 4...

Salmon approval a giant leap for GM food

WASHINGTON. The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve the first genetically modified animal for human consumption, a highly...

Take a 'roach brain tonic

COCKROACH brains may be a source of new antibiotics capable of killing deadly drug-resistant bacteria, according to research that suggests the...

"I Was Wrong": Some Refreshing Candor

One of science's saving graces is that a fair number of scientists will publicly admit that they are wrong (and then there's Marc Hauser*...). Last...
Researchers at Caltech have engineered a fundamentally new approach to killing cancer cells. The process -- developed by Niles Pierce, associate...

First Irish genome sequenced

The first entire genome of an Irish individual has been sequenced. The sequence is reported in BioMed Central's open-access journal, Genome...
An appearance by television host Bill Nye will highlight grand opening activities for the new Terre Haute Children's Museum.. The museum says the ...
A researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, together with Israeli and foreign collaborators, has revealed how physical qualities -- and not...