Uncategorized

  1. Health & Medicine

    Anesthesia steals consciousness in stages

    Brains regions that are synchronized when awake stop communicating as monkeys drift off.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  2. Genetics

    Swapping analogous genes no problem among species

    Many genes are interchangeable between yeast, bacteria, plants and humans.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Astronomy

    Kepler tally grows: 104 more exoplanets confirmed

    Kepler space telescope adds another 104 planets to its growing census of worlds in our galaxy.

    By Christopher Crockett
  4. Genetics

    Herbicide no match for fruit flies’ gut microbes

    Friendly gut bacteria team up to break down herbicide that might otherwise harm fruit flies.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  5. Health & Medicine

    No one-fits-all healthy diet exists

    Mice’s response to diet varies with their genes.