Science
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Genetics
How twitching frog legs and salt work
by Marshall Brain | December 21, 2009 The following video shows the famous “dead frog legs twitching when you salt them” demonstration: As you can see, the chef is preparing frog legs for dinner.
Going Green!
Ecology
Scientists Discover The Oldest, Largest Body Of Water In Existence--In Space
Scientists have found the biggest and oldest reservoir of water ever--so large and so old, it’s almost impossible to describe. The water is out in space, a place we used to think of as desolate and desert dry, but it's turning out to be pretty lush. Researchers found a lake of water so large that it could provide each person on Earth an entire planet’s worth of water--20,000 times over. Yes, so much water out there in space that it could supply each one of us all the water on Earth--Niagara Falls, the Pacific Ocean, the polar ice caps, the puddle in the bottom of the canoe you forgot to flip over--20,000 times over.
Remote Antarctic island is 'richer in biodiversity than the Galapagos'
Antarctica's remote South Georgia Island boasts 90 percent of the world's fur seals, half of the world's elephant seals, is navigated by vast populations of blue whales, sperm whales and killer whales, and has beaches that can be packed shoulder-to-shoulder with nesting penguins. In total, it contains nearly 1,500 recorded species, many of which are found nowhere else on Earth. It's difficult to believe that until recently, this biological treasure was believed to be nothing more than an "inhospitable lump of rock."Evidence
EVOLUTION IN ACTION
List of cognitive biases
Many cognitive biases have been demonstrated by research in psychology and behavioral economics . These are systematic deviations from a standard of rationality or good judgment.
Cognitive Bias
Genetically modified food
Genetically modified foods ( GM foods , or biotech foods ) are foods derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs), specifically, genetically modified crops . GMOs have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques.
Biology
The Body's Secret Army - Media Player at Nobelprize.org
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation funding 13 artificial pancreas trials In the future, the device will be the size of a cell phone, attached to a belt Algorithms determine how much insulin and Glucagon the patient needs Portsmouth, New Hampshire (CNN) -- At 3:30 a.m., Stefany Shaheen awoke to a feeling of uneasiness. Something was not quite right with her daughter, Elle.
