biology
Starving cells of sugar could be the key to future cancer treatments
Posted in Medicine on 27th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Cancer cells are cells that cheat death; rather than growing old and dying, as healthy cells do, they continue to grow and divide.
NASA Is Sending Bacteria to the Edge of Space to See if They Can Hitchhike to Mars
Posted in Science on 27th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
To find out if life can hitchhike to Mars and survive on the planets surface, NASA is going to see how they do 120,000 feet up.
Elon Musk says his new rocket could get us to an icy moon where life may exist
Posted in Science on 24th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Below Europa's icy crust, a warm, salty ocean may exist containing more than twice as much water as all of Earth's reserves combined.
'Tree of life' for 2.3 million species released
Posted in Featured, Science on 23rd Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
A collaborative effort among eleven institutions, the tree depicts the relationships among living things as they diverged from one another over time.
Marine populations have halved since 1970
Posted in Science on 16th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Populations of marine mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have declined by 49% since 1970, a report says.