Ribosomes are the protein factories in our cells. The way things work in a cell mean that the DNA codes for specific sequences of amino acids in various proteins, and these proteins, on appropriately folding are responsible for various activities…
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Mitochondria are an organelle of many eukaryotic cells, such as human cells, for example. They can be thought of as the power plants of the cell because they produce most of the Adenosine TriPhosphate (ATP) used by the cell which…
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by desmond rasheen calhoun e/4/86 5’1 285 – How to live forever The idea of living forever is the key to humanity surival. It is the fountain of youth we were build to live forever but are cell decay at…
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Studying the cell, the most basic unit of all life, was made possible was made possible by the invention and perfection of the microscope by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and Robert Hooke in the early 1600s. After first observing the checkerboard-like…
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Who Loves Designer Vaginas? This just in: Science and nature are mocking America’s fickle God. Please, no screaming. What are you gonna do about it? What are you gonna do about the fact that Mother Nature once again appears to…
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From Genocide to Neo-Eugenics* The constative issue of eugenics is one fraught with both peril and promise. Can the association with Hitler be put aside long enough to consider this issue without the onerous specter of the Holocaust and the…
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The dungeness crab (Cancer magister) is a large edible crab found in the coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean. It is native to the west coast of North America from California to Alaska and is an important species both ecologically…
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Common toadflax is a perennial flowering weed with attractive yellow flowers. “This showy, erect plant is leafy, with a grass-like habit, smooth and bluish-green below. The leaves are linear-lance-shaped, acute, rather close, not whorled. The stems are numerous, downy, and glandular…
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Cymbalaria Muralis or the Ivy-leaved Toadflax, By Any and All Names, A Rock-Favoring Survivor The Ivy-leaved toad flax has a proper place in botanical science within the family scrophulariaceae, under the order Lamiales, within the genus Cymbalaria, in the species…
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There are millions upon millions of bacteria in our world. The microbiologist searching for in any particular bacterium uses a number of techniques to distinguish one species from another. The starting point for most bacteriologists is the gram stain. This…
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