Science Update

Honeybee Royal Jelly

April 9, 2008

Royal jelly creates queen bees by changing gene expression.

April 8, 2008

Some spiders will play dead for sex.

April 7, 2008

The insect repellent DEET doesn't repel mosquitoes so much as confuse them.

April 4, 2008

PREDATORS & PREY: Snakes foil toxic newts, alligators maneuver with their lungs, monkeys sound …

April 3, 2008

Alligators use their lungs to help them sneak up on prey.

April 1, 2008

Eating a toxic newt could kill a human, so why can some hungry snakes get away with it?

March 31, 2008

Some monkeys combine their alarm calls to create an entirely new meaning.

March 28, 2008

ENERGY NEWS: Electricity from bacteria, people power, thermoelectricity and what the sun is made of.

March 27, 2008

NASA, Speedo, and other engineers team up to beat last year's superfast swimsuit.

March 26, 2008

Living cells may be largely responsible for cloud formation.

March 25, 2008

A knee-mounted device harnesses electrical energy from everyday walking.

March 21, 2008

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: New tools for conservation - The Encyclopedia of Life and the Global Seed …