Bioprospecting is a new term that describes the old process of finding promising biologicals for conversion from traditional or indigenous medicine to use in broader commercial medicine applications, often with great profit in exchange for little or no compensation. This is not a…
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An Overview of Lichens of Mainland Yemen Mainland Yemen is home to some of the most varied and lush vegetation although until recently, it has not had much attention from lichenologists. However, this is slowly changing. In recent years, lichenologists…
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First of all I have to admit I was a little surprised by the number of ‘No’ responses compared with the ‘Yes’ responses. Silly me for thinking the world was getting more liberal and open-minded as time goes by. What…
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Recently, the scientific community became excited over startling new evidence that life not only once existed on Mars, but may exist there today. Now, evidence has surfaced that another of Earth’s neighbors may be harboring life: Titan, the largest moon…
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Oxygen Transport in the Human Body In aerobic cells and organisms (including humans), oxygen is essential for life. This diatomic gas participates in a number of processes in individual cells, processes that create and store energy. This vital substance must…
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One of the key problems in discussing biology is the need to avoid framing everything within the context of human experience. It is important to remember that a significant number of life forms are plants and single-celled organisms. In addition,…
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It is about time that men start taking on the responsibilities of childbearing as well as childrearing. There are many social and moral implications to this but I feel that we are in a society that would be accommadating to…
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Metabolism is a complex biochemical procedure that has two components catabolism and anabolism that occur in different parts of the body to enable the breakdown or build up of different constituents. Anabolism is the procedure which involves the formation of…
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Although it is true that this topic is not only debatable on a biological standpoint, but also a sociological one, let’s stick to the channel at hand and discuss the biological downfalls of such an act. Physically, men are not…
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NO NO NO, it is just wrong on so many levels, Men are men and Women are Women, we are different and separate because nature has made us this way. Nature never intended for men to carry or give birth…
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