Public Health Fictions: An Interview with Miriam Doyle
Miriam Doyle is a public health professional and one of an estimated forty thousand people who participated in the 2017…
Category: Life Sciences and Biomedicine
Shelf Life Video: Into the Island of Bats
Learn about the bats that live in Cuba with two researchers who are studying bats and biodiversity in this Caribbean nation
Wood Ants Make Defensive Cocktails Against Microbes
By Neha Jain @lifesciexplore Wood ants are natural mixologists, concocting their own defensive cocktails, a new study finds. They protect…
Microfossils Are Earliest Evidence Yet of Life on Earth
By Katherine Lindemann Researchers examining deposits from ancient hydrothermal vents in northeastern Canada have found evidence of microbial activity, possibly…
Book Review: Bring Back the King
Using both T. rex and Elvis Presley, Helen Pilcher covers cutting-edge science in Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-extinction.
Improve Your Running with Physics
Are you a runner? You can use some basic laws of physics to improve your running. Understand the forces between the ground and your feet.
Which Dinosaur Gave Rise to Tyrannosaurus Rex?
What dinosaur was the ancestor of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex? Which dinosaur gave rise to this famous lineage?
Shelf Life Video: Fossils in the Gobi Desert
It’s been nearly a century since the Museum began their explorations of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert—a vast and imposing landscape that…
Studying the Dolphin Genome for Human Health
Studying the dolphin genome is revealing information that could benefit human health. Scientists are building a database full of dolphin…
Nuisance Flooding May Cost More Than Extreme Storms
Floods of all sizes are becoming more frequent, thanks to rising sea levels, and can turn out to be more costly in the long term.