Say good-bye to Blu-ray. The CD of the future is coming soon.
Cancer protection in people with Down syndrome could someday lead to an anti-cancer vitamin.
That bird that keeps pooping on your head? It DOES have a grudge against you!
The top 10 new species of 2008, including a tiny seahorse and bacteria [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘BioBites’
May 22, 2009
Vengeful birds, an anti-cancer vitamin, new species, and more!
May 15, 2009
Tea, sharks, baboons, Chernobyl and more in this week’s BioBites!
A tea traditionally used in Africa may help control type-2 diabetes.
Network, network, network. It’s one of the best ways to be successful. Even if you’re a baboon.
How can plants manage to survive fallout from Chernobyl? Find out here!
You wouldn’t think a five-ton shark would be hard to find.
Nice guys don’t always finish [...]
May 8, 2009
Can you pay attention long enough for this week’s biobites?
Have trouble paying attention? Help may be on the way.
A genius’ epic failure is worth keeping.
Yeast are going to space.
Happy kids grow up to be healthy adults.
It may not be a space station, but Stephen Colbert gets something named after him.
Stoplights lead to healthier food choices
It turns out that babies are [...]
April 8, 2009
Baseball and Science
It’s baseball season again! Although, really, the Northeast, it’s always baseball season. And what goes together with baseball better than science? Well, maybe beer, but here’s some science anyway, all from the ever wonderful New York Times.
In honor of opening day, computer-simulated baseball. (No, not fantasy baseball.)
This doctor has [...]
February 16, 2009
An upside to hyena dung
Happy President’s Day, to those of you who got a day off! Our boss scheduled a meeting today, in spite of the holiday, so Lucy K. and I were busy slaving in the lab. In celebration of the holiday, some light science fare today.
Did you know…
…that hyena dung can preserve human hair for [...]
January 30, 2009
More Evidence that Google is AWESOME!
More reasons to love Google, some great news about your energy bill, and more. Check it out in
this week’s BioBites!
January 28, 2009
The worst jobs in science… and grad student didn’t even make the list!
Popular Science has put together a list of the worst jobs in science for 2009. Want to know more? Think your job is worse? After you read about what a taphonomist does, I bet you’ll change your mind!
Photo provided by practicalowl.
January 23, 2009
It’s hard to think about global warming when it’s 12 degrees
If it’s as cold where you are as it has been in Boston, global warming might not be the first thing on your mind, but it’s been a hot topic in science news this week. Read about this and more (including training bees and healing nerves) in…
…this week’s BioBites!
January 16, 2009
Post-Holiday Blues?
Shake them off with some cool new science! Check it out in
this week’s BioBites!
