Insects have complex compound eyes and vertebrates have inverse lens eyes. However, although these types of eye are very different in terms of their structure, the same genes are used in the early stages of their development.
Mar 19, 2008
Children who are spanked or victims of other corporal punishment are more likely to have sexual problems as a teen or adult, according to new research…
Feb 29, 2008
Preparing groundwork for an exascale computer is the mission of the new Institute for Advanced Architectures, launched jointly at Sandia and Oak Ridge national laboratories.
Feb 21, 2008
Malaria is a constant threat to US military personnel operating in Afghanistan, but some troops may face further risk, as epidemiologists have revealed a significant prevalence of contraindications to the safe use of the anti-malarial drug, mefloquine.
Feb 19, 2008
Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have released the first known photographs of gorillas performing face-to-face copulation in the wild.
Feb 12, 2008
Einstein's special relativity is sometimes popularized with statements like: "moving clocks run slower than stationary clocks and moving rods are length…
Feb 10, 2008
New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor.
Jan 30, 2008
The time is coming when students will be called upon to integrate Black History into their class courses. P leaseinsist that they do a report on someone who was at least alive in or born after 1950.
Jan 30, 2008
Marine bacteria come almost a billion to a cup. Until recently, however, little has been known about how these minute creatures live or what they need to flourish.
Jan 27, 2008
Gunter Nimtz and colleagues claimed to have transmitted Mozart's Symphony No.40 at 4.7 times the speed of light through a tunneling barrier. How's that possible?
Jan 25, 2008
What we classify as science is determined by the times we live in. That has been shown by a project of the Austrian Science Fund FWF on the phenomenon of…
Jan 21, 2008
A new National Research Council report chaired by University of Colorado at Boulder Distinguished Professor Frank Barnes calls for a stronger research effort…
Jan 19, 2008
Beyond its role as the elixir of all life, water is a very unusual substance: Scientists have long marveled over counter-intuitive properties that set water apart from other solids and liquids commonly found in nature.
Jan 18, 2008
The human ear is exquisitely tuned to discern different sound frequencies, whether such tones are high or low, near or far.
Jan 10, 2008
