biology
Michael Greve Commits $10 Million to the SENS project (life extension research)
Posted in Medicine on 13th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
'I think we should have more people contribute to the step-by-step creation of cures for the root causes of all age-related diseases.'
Blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor, a mutation from 6,000-10,000 years ago
Posted in Science on 11th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
Scientists have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6,000-10,000 years ago and is the cause of all blue-eyed humans.
New clues could help scientists harness the power of photosynthesis
Posted in Science on 9th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
"There is intense interest in creating artificial photosynthesis as an alternative energy source"
Biologists will be able to track animals in real time using the ISS
Posted in Science on 8th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
Satellite imagery has gotten to the point where saying that something is "big enough to see from space" doesn't really mean much anymore.
Evolution may have moved at a furious pace on a warmer Earth
Posted in Featured, Science on 7th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
Early life forms on Earth are likely to have mutated and evolved at much higher rates than they do today.