It’s been all over the news: Female sharks can fertilize their own eggs and give birth without sperm from males: The joint Northern Ireland-U.S. research, being published Wednesday in the Royal Society’s peer-reviewed Biology Letter journal, analyzed the DNA of a shark born in 2001 in the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb. The shark […]
Data can be stored on a lot of various devices, discs ect…but how about Bacteria??Very possibly according to Japanese scientists. (Full Article): While ink may fade and computers may crash, bacterial information lasts as long as a species stays alive – possibly a mind-boggling million years – according to Professor Masaru Tomita, who heads the […]
Chosen by Consumer Reports “The Volumetrics Eating Plan†by Barbara Rolls came in first followed by the Weight Watchers. if you’re looking to shed pounds, there’s some solid science on which to base your choice of a diet plan or book, or create a do-it-yourself approach. The basic formula for losing weight has not changed: […]
Many staple foods have as much as twice the amount of sugar in them compared to 30 years ago. Among those foods are breakfast cereals, wholemeal bread and soups. Experts warn that the trend is likely to get worse as sugar prices drop. (dailymail.co.uk reports) “increased sugar in our diets will lead to higher levels […]