Bloggers
Disgusting Holes
Running in dread from the The sickly secret of a Bee’s honeycomb, My nightmares are full of Buttered English muffins That morph into Deathstalker scorpions…
Jul 14, 2017
Earth & Environment
Prelude to global extinction: Disappearance of species tells only part of the story of human impact on Earth’s animals
No bells tolled when the last Catarina pupfish on Earth died. Newspapers didn’t carry the story when the Christmas Island pipistrelle vanished forever.
Jul 11, 2017
Life
Hot new imagery of wintering bats suggests a group behavior for battling white-nose syndrome
Imagery from temperature-sensing cameras showing bats in hibernation. This new footage suggests that bats who warm up from hibernation together throughout the…
Jul 8, 2017
Bloggers
Caged Poems
This week I am helping colleagues from The Cooper Group at the University of Liverpool discuss the fascinating world of molecular cages, as part of the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition.
Jul 7, 2017
Health
Combating Candida Albicans: Scientists aim to stunt the growth of serious fungal infections
Fungal diseases commonly bring to mind the words “dangerous” and “difficult to cure.” Now, scientists might be a step closer to treating diseases caused by one…
Jul 6, 2017
Health
NIAID scientists identify cause, possible treatment for life-threatening gut condition
Investigators at the National Institutes of Health and international colleagues have discovered a genetic cause and potential treatment strategy for a rare immune disorder called CHAPLE disease.
Jul 2, 2017
Bloggers
Poetry Friday: Bad Breath
We need to breath so that we can all live, And yet our lungs are not a perfect sieve; So why is it that people still deny: Pollution in the air can make you die.
Jun 30, 2017
Bloggers
Poetry Friday: Puppy Love
Whilst marriage may begin with wedded bliss, The passion that once burnt can start to fade; Behaviours that once hit feel like a miss, With tempers feeling tense, threadbare and frayed.
Jun 22, 2017
Bloggers
A Brief History of Field Work on Giraffe before the Year 2000
Today, I am featuring a guest post by Anne Innes Dagg, a Canadian zoologist, biologist, feminist, and author of numerous books.
Jun 19, 2017
Bloggers
Table for One
When sat watching a movie, Do you ever find You eat so much less popcorn When friends are left behind?
Jun 16, 2017
Health
More than a third of heater-cooler devices used in open heart surgery may be contaminated with deadly bacteria
Thirty-three of 89 (37 percent) heater-cooler units assessed between July 2015 and December 2016 tested positive for Mycobacterium chimaera (M.
Jun 14, 2017
Health
Researchers aim to repurpose former experimental cancer therapy to treat muscular dystrophy
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and the University of Nevada, Reno School of…
Jun 14, 2017
Health
Donor microbes persist up to two years after a fecal transplant to treat recurrent C. difficile infection
University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor microbes remained in recipients for months or years…
Jun 13, 2017
Bloggers
The Wheat from the Chaff
When eating bread, we often find A question forming in our mind: “Should I have white or try whole wheat?
Jun 8, 2017