Bioterrorism can be found in history as far back as 1346 in a city on the Black Sea called Kaffa. In this case Tartar warriors from western Asia camped outside the city in hopes to take it over. After awhile…
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Pst… wanna know the bona fide truth behind sexual reproduction? You know…the details? Well, there used to be only two ways to reproduce until cloning became a reality. Nevertheless, the old ways required a certain amount of effort on the…
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Carbohydrate Response Element binding Protein (ChREBP) and its role in glucose activated transcription of Lipogenic enzymes Excess dietary carbohydrate is converted in the liver into triglycerides. Following a carbohydrate rich diet, several enzymes catalyzing glycolysis and lipogenesis are activated including…
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Charles Darwin theorized that walking upright (bipedalism) probably began when early apes climbed down from the trees to spend more time on the ground, where they learned to walk on two legs. Was he right? Speculation on the origins of…
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Evolution is a concept that links genetics, history, and adaptive selection. All life evolved from common ancestors, the earth had been around for 4.6 billion years, simple cells (prokaryotes) have been around for most of this time for 4 billion…
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Charles Darwin wrote one of the greatest scientific texts of all time. It was called “The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”. To the educated and unrestrained the arguments for natural selection are so perfectly clear, obvious and…
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Birds and humans can learn songs and use them to engage in social communication. The learning process uses forebrain motor areas that give control over vocal equipment. The brain’s cortex sends signals to vocal motor neurons in the brain stem….
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Charles Darwin published the “Origin of Species”, it’s cataloged name is “The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, of the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life”, in 1859. It quickly became a best seller, 150…
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The biological definition of evolution refers to changes in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift. [1] As such there is not a flaw in terms of…
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Until the 1990’s, it was generally assumed that dogs evolved in the last 10,000 years from wolves. The fierce, independent wolves were thought to have transformed into the docile dog directly because of man’s interference, popularized in such novels as…
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