Life Sciences and Biomedicine Archives

Book Review: God’s Word or Human Reason?

The authors of God’s Word or Human Reason tackle a very difficult subject with the specific goal of taking creationist arguments seriously.

Biology

Researchers have figured out how viruses communicate and cooperate with each other and it is fascinating. Dr. Marie Davey explains.

Large sharks are known to heal rapidly and resist cancer. Could humans possibly learn how sharks do it and copy them?

Health

By Cathy Seiler January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. What do you know about cervical cancer? Probably the only time you…

Environment

By Neha Jain @lifesciexplore If you live in California, you might recall the powerful winter rainstorm of 2014, dubbed the…

Zoology

Strong demand for ivory has decimated both forest and savannah elephant populations across Africa by about two-thirds over the past years.

Biology Botany

By Marie Davey @biophilesblog Pollination. The word brings to mind the droning buzz of fat yellow and black bumblebees bouncing…

Biology Zoology

Much like in Fight Club, “Where Is My Mind?” is a fitting theme song for zebrafish: after 24 hours they…

Physics Zoology

Sometimes nature uses physics instead of pigment to create the color blue. Radwanul Hasan Siddique explains how this is accomplished.

Paleontology

By Kate Stone Oviraptorosaurs are an odd-looking group of feathered, bird-like theropod dinosaurs. They tend to have short skulls and…