In the wilderness of New Caledonia, scientists have discovered a living organism with the largest genome in the world. New research shows that the genome size of this fork fern species is estimated to... continue reading
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"... The eyes are often the first thing we see when we look at someone. And when you look at them up close, everyone’s eye color is a kaleidoscope of shapes and hues. How does eye color work? The answer... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 543 views • 6:21Incest makes us disgusted - but why?
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months ago • 41 views • 2:41YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 12 months ago • 923 views • 4:46YouTube: Heart disease continues to be the number one killer in the United States. Because of that, billions of dollars are spent every year on medications that reduce your risk of disease and death. Compounding... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 46 views • 6:22This is without a doubt the most entertaining A Capella Science song yet. The song assumes you already know about Crispr-Cas9, so it never actually explains that it's a targeted gene editing technique... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 497 views • 6:07Via YouTube: Any molecular biologist will tell you that genetic engineering is tricky. But up until recently we might be witnessing a new age in human development.
posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 3 weeks ago • 181 views • 8:39Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing we know for sure is that... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 384 views • 16:04If you're not a morning person, science says you probably never will be.
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 88 views • 3:53A'yup YouTube: A new technology could make diseases like Zika a thing of the past. But should we use it? The CDC on Zika: http://www.cdc.gov/zika/ Vox explains Zika virus in 6 charts: http://bit.ly/1POrNjA... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 123 views • 5:36"Apparently, your biggest enemy is not lions and tigers and bears ..." YouTube: What were the first organisms to have sex? We may never know the answer, but as Bill Nye explains in this Big Think interview,... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 6 months ago • 235 views • 3:58YouTube: There’s a lot we don’t know about how and when dogs were first domesticated. But we do know that the process made dogs very different from their wild cousins, in some unexpected ways.
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 7 months ago • 816 views • 3:37"Genes matter." YouTube: Not sleeping for days on end. Long periods of euphoria. Racing thoughts. Grandiose ideas. Mania. Depression. All of these are symptoms of Bipolar Disorder. In this episode of... continue reading
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