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![I love bacon so much. And burgers, and chicken nuggets. So as you can imagine, becoming a vegetarian wasn’t something that I’d previously considered. But […]](/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Bacon-Burgers...-and-Antibiotics-media-115x115.jpg "Burgers, Bacon… and Antibiotics?")
Burgers, Bacon… and Antibiotics?
Posted on December 18, 2017 | No CommentsI love bacon so much. And burgers, and chicken nuggets. So as you can imagine, becoming a vegetarian wasn’t something that I’d previously considered. But […] -
![It is already known that some insects, such as monarch butterflies, use their brain cells to reflect their orientation. Referred to as a ‘sun compass’, […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News-image-01-300x1691-115x115.jpg "Fly Brains Contain A Circular Compass")
Fly Brains Contain A Circular Compass
Posted on May 22, 2015 | No CommentsIt is already known that some insects, such as monarch butterflies, use their brain cells to reflect their orientation. Referred to as a ‘sun compass’, […] -
Big Whales Have Super Stretchy Nerves
Posted on May 10, 2015 | No CommentsThis week, researchers from the University of British Columbia published a paper in Current Biology on their serendipitous discovery of the stretching nerve cords of whales. The […] -
![Wellspring of Life: Hydrothermal vents power biology far beneath the waves When we think of the Earth and its life-forms, we tend to think of […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Hydrothermal-vent-195x110.jpg "Oceans of Life")
Oceans of Life
Posted on November 23, 2014 | No CommentsWellspring of Life: Hydrothermal vents power biology far beneath the waves When we think of the Earth and its life-forms, we tend to think of […] -
![The human eye is a magnificently complex feat of evolution, and for the most part, it provides the brain with an accurate picture of the […]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/eyes-2-195x110.jpg "Second Sight: The Incredible World Only Animals See")
Second Sight: The Incredible World Only Animals See
Posted on January 7, 2014 | No CommentsThe human eye is a magnificently complex feat of evolution, and for the most part, it provides the brain with an accurate picture of the […] -
![On the surface, kids from Los Angeles and children of the Shuar, a society indigenous to the Amazon region of Ecuador, wouldn’t seem to have […]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Blog-image-01_Bang-115x115.png "Fear and learning in Los Angeles: our evolved propensity for knowing what could eat us alive")
Fear and learning in Los Angeles: our evolved propensity for knowing what could eat us alive
Posted on April 27, 2012 | No CommentsOn the surface, kids from Los Angeles and children of the Shuar, a society indigenous to the Amazon region of Ecuador, wouldn’t seem to have […]
