This Week’s BioBites: Trick or treat!

In honor of Halloween, we hope you enjoy our goody bag of scientific treats, including a couple of pieces of advice for everyone’s favorite costumed holiday!
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What Sarah Palin doesn’t know about fruit flies…

I’d like to start by saying that I have no intentions of getting political here, but there are times when politics and science intersect. And every once in a while, one of them will hit close to home. And this is one of those times. Lucy K. and I had already been [...]

Maybe people really are nicer in the South…

I’m a Yankee but scientists may have proven that people really are nicer in the South, or at least when it’s warm!
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Still good after 2,000 years

Thinking of throwing out those old seeds that have been sitting in your garage forever? Think again. Researchers were able to grow a tree from a seed that was 2,000 years old!
I want more candy!
You’re lying, right?
My brain hurts!

This Week’s BioBites: computers can predict your age… and drunkenness!

These days, biology is getting bigger and bigger. Instead of studying one gene, we can sequence whole genomes. Instead of studying specific changes to the composition of a cell, we can study all of them. All these experiments produce a lot of data, which is where computers come into the picture. [...]

Wasps, like children, say no to strangers

Scientists have long thought that social awareness and cognition was a trait that was limited to large animals with complex brains. Turns out that it doesn’t require as much brain power as they originally thought – the simple paper wasp is able to recognize and remember other individuals and act on those memories accordingly.
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This Week’s BioBites: Good News at Last!

Well, while Wall Street falls apart, scientists have been busy figuring out everything from why we all want to punish those Wall Street brokers to better ways to detect Down’s syndrome. Hope these help take your mind off the economy!
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If you’re stressed take an aspirin. That is, if you’re a tree.

Whether you’re a tree or a person aspirin can help heal what ails you.
I want more candy!
You’re lying, right?
My brain hurts!

This Week’s Biobites: artificial noses, amazing science images, and more!

Lucy Q. reporting from her sick bed couch where she is thoroughly investigating all the best links for you… as well as her TiVo’ed episode of Gossip Girl.
PS – Think you know what the picture at right is? I bet you’re wrong!
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