SAN FRANCISCO – The way parents use and manage screens at home may influence how teenagers play video games over time, according to a new study published in the World Journal of Pediatrics. Researchers from…
Age of genetically engineered humans has begun
Rice expert available to discuss human evolution, International Darwin Day [caption id="attachment_14428" align="alignright" width="290"] Caption: Scott Solomon (Photo courtesy of Rice University).[/caption] HOUSTON -- International Darwin Day is Monday and marks the 209th anniversary of the birth…
Diet or Regular? Decoding behavioral variation in ant…
Clonal ants appear to be diverse in responding to sweetened water, suggesting epigenetic regulation in behavioral variation and colony survival. [caption id="attachment_14425" align="alignnone" width="918"] Credit : Photo by Eisuke Hasegawa.[/caption] Genetically identical 'clonal ants' show…
Mutation in single rice gene cancels interspecific hybrid…
Scientists successfully employed mutagenesis to identify the gene that causes hybrid sterility in rice, which is a major reproductive barrier between species. Scientists successfully employed mutagenesis to identify the gene that causes hybrid sterility in…
Island heart
[caption id="attachment_14418" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018), processed by ESA[/caption] For Valentine’s Day we bring you a little heart-shaped island, which has been imaged from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.…