1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (322+ words) What if you could climb aboard an incredible shrinking submarine and travel into the heart of a living cell? This would be a tour like no other, to be sure! Source Imagine you have been invited to a futuristic discovery…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (280+ words) At the New York Times, the science story of the day: "This Cell Feeds, Grows and Reproduces. And It's Manmade." A professor at a prominent university writes in to us to taunt Dr. Tour about this: So Fellow James Tour…...

3+ day, 23+ min ago  (395+ words) If you are really short on time, all these themes are compressed into in an effective image, above, that you can click on, read, and share through social media. Source There are many ways to fittingly recognize the 250th anniversary of…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (284+ words) Recent studies confirm that the control processes are directed from an information network outside DNA, directed in order to maintain health in the entire organism. The paradigm-shifting realization has now sunk in: DNA alone does not play the role of…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (476+ words) We have proposed that evolving systems " are formed from numerous interacting building blocks" which generate many possible configurations [which] " are subjected to selection. What the authors of Time's Second Arrow purport to give us is the long elusive explanation of…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (553+ words) The June 17 edition of'Scientific American's'Today in Science'newsletter devoted considerable space to the breakdown of relations between the government and the research establishment: "For decades, the U. S. government was a partner in the scientific enterprise. Now that relationship is crumbling," according to…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (269+ words) John West writing at Townhall anticipates the upcoming weekend's observance of the 250th anniversary of American independence: On July 4, Americans will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. At the heart of that document is the proclamation that "all men…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (290+ words) As America approaches its 250th birthday, a look back at the past century " what Americans have witnessed in the world " seems in order. What have we observed and what can be learned from it? What, it's worth wondering, are our prospects…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (616+ words) Intrinsically disordered portions of proteins may not be functionless after all. They appear to be multi-functional, says a new study published in PNAS, titled, "A functional map of the human intrinsically disordered proteome." Some functions of IDRs have been coming…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (407+ words) Thomas Woodward compares the epigenetic system to a supercomputer where information is written everywhere " on the hardware, the screen, and even the keys. Source A second revolution is underway in biology today. DNA isn't the whole story for the development…...