Category Archives: Biology

The Creation Groans: Biology and the Problem of Suffering Denis Alexander, Emeritus Director of the Faraday Institute for Religion and Science - 2014 Herrmann Lectures on Faith and Science: "Is Life Going Anywhere?: Creation-biology, Randomness, and... By: GordonCollege … Continue reading →

Xenonauts Xenophobia Let's Play - Episode 14 - Alien Biology Episode 14, I research the alien's biology and this leads to anti-alien toxic weapons. By: IngerasKurai … Continue reading →

November 14, 2014 in Region Associated Press You have viewed free articles or blogs allowed within a 30-day period. Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. S-R Media, The Spokesman-Review and Spokesman.com are happy to assist you. Contact Customer Service by email or call 800-338-8801 BOISE An Idaho biology teacher is facing possible disciplinary action after killing and skinning a rabbit in class to show students where their food comes from. Nampa School District spokeswoman Allison Westfall says the teacher killed the rabbit in front of 16 students by snapping its neck on Nov. 6 at Columbia High School. The rabbit was then skinned and cut up in front of the 10th graders. Westfall says the demonstration isnt part of the biology curriculum. She says students who didnt want to view the lesson were allowed to leave ahead of time. The teachers You have viewed 20 free articles or blogs allowed within a 30-day period. FREE registration is now required for uninterrupted access. S-R Media, The Spokesman-Review and Spokesman.com are happy to assist you. Contact Customer Service by email or call 800-338-8801 BOISE An Idaho biology teacher is facing possible disciplinary action after killing and … Continue reading →

Cal State L.A. biology students are breeding fruit flies to learn how mutations, such as white eyes or curved wings, are passed to future generations. On other campuses, subjects on treadmills are monitored for changes in blood pressure and heart rate. These are fairly common lab experiments, except for one thing: They are being conducted via computer. At colleges and universities across the country, students increasingly are using online simulations, animation and other technologies to replicate and, some say, improve upon the hands-on experience of a typical lab. Spurred by the popularity and potential cost-savings of online learning, virtual labs have infiltrated nearly every scientific field, to the chagrin of some who insist that the practical skills learned through conventional lab work are needed to conduct more advanced research. Proponents say they're not suggesting that the sensory experiences of a traditional lab should be abandoned, but virtual labs can be a valuable tool to impart basic scientific concepts while allowing campuses to reduce staff and equipment costs. The California State University system, the largest in the nation, is planning to dramatically expand the use of virtual labs for general education science courses, which are typically populated by non-science majors who … Continue reading →

BOISE An Idaho biology teacher is facing possible disciplinary action after killing and skinning a rabbit in class to show students where their food comesfrom. Nampa School District spokeswoman Allison Westfall said the teacher killed the rabbit in front of 16 students by snapping its neck on Nov. 6 at Columbia High School. The rabbit was then skinned and cut up in front of the10th-graders. Westfall said the demonstration isnt part of the biology curriculum and students who didnt want to view the lesson were allowed to leave ahead oftime. The teachers name hasn You have viewed 20 free articles or blogs allowed within a 30-day period. FREE registration is now required for uninterrupted access. S-R Media, The Spokesman-Review and Spokesman.com are happy to assist you. Contact Customer Service by email or call 800-338-8801 BOISE An Idaho biology teacher is facing possible disciplinary action after killing and skinning a rabbit in class to show students where their food comesfrom. Nampa School District spokeswoman Allison Westfall said the teacher killed the rabbit in front of 16 students by snapping its neck on Nov. 6 at Columbia High School. The rabbit was then skinned and cut up in front of the10th-graders. Westfall … Continue reading →

UC Riversides Unique Baares and Azeem Rahman spent eight weeks researching fish in Brazil By Iqbal Pittalwala on November 14, 2014 UC Riverside undergraduates Azeem Rahman (left) and Unique Baares spent eight weeks last summer doing evolutionary biology research in Brazil. RIVERSIDE, Calif. Undergraduate UniqueBaares at the University of California, Riverside never predicted that one day she would be doing evolutionary biology research, let alone field work in faraway, exotic Brazil. Four years ago, she was working in the UC Riverside Child Development Center, where, coincidentally, the daughter of David Reznick, a distinguished professor of biology, was a student. On a field trip one day, she told me, My daddy works with fish here at UCR. This sparked my interest immediately and I thought this would be a great opportunity for research experience, said Baares, now a senior biology major and a pre-medical student. I emailed Dr. Reznick right away about my interest in working in his lab, and he gladly took me in as an intern. Little didBaares know then that she would eventually spend weeks in Brazil, which she did last summer researching Phalloceros fish distinguishing between different species and examining placenta. Phalloceros was thought to be just … Continue reading →

DNA-based memory can record multiple inputs from engineered gene circuits In previous synthetic-biology attempts, data storage has been laborious to create. Credit: Thinkstock A new DNA-based recorder allows bioengineers to create cell cultures that detect information in their environment and store it for later use. Such 'designer' cells might in the future be used to monitor water quality in a village, or measure the amount of sugar a person eats. The technique is described this week inScience. Insynthetic biology, genes are engineered to regulate each other's expression in such a way that they can perform logic operations similar to those in computer circuits. Memory storage has long been considered one of the key components needed to fulfil the promise of this technology. Building gene circuits requires not only computation and logic, but a way to store that information, says bioengineer Timothy Lu of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. DNA provides a very stable form of memory and will allow us to do more complex computing tasks. In previous synthetic-biology attempts, data storage has been laborious to create. It also recorded only the presence or absence of one particular sensory input, and could be used only for limited applications. … Continue reading →

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Why is it Beneficial to Know the Biology of a Prostate Cancer Tumor? Dr Rich Bevan-Thomas, medical director of Prostate Cancer Live, talks about why it is important to know the biology of a prostate cancer tumor and how doctors make personalized treatment options... By: Prostate Cancer Live … Continue reading →

By Vanessa Miller, The Gazette November 14, 2014 | 12:01 am IOWA CITY Crammed into the third floor and basement of the University of Iowas Biology Building East are 3,000-some antibody-producing cells called hybridomas, tens of thousands of samples of the antibodies they produce and one-of-a-kind cancer research laboratories, as well as Iowas best kept secret. Or maybe not. The UI-based Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank (DSHB) the largest not-for-profit bank of its kind in the world has 100,000-plus customers, distributes about 68,000 samples annually, houses the only three-dimensional tumor reconstruction equipment, and has brought the university $17 million over the past eight years. This is the most famous resource the university has, said UI biology professor David Soll, who now directs the bank. But few people outside the world of research including Iowans and members of the UI community know it exists. Its the best kept secret in Iowa, Soll said. But we are growing at an incredible rate. This week, the bank is receiving about 450 characterized hybridomas increasing its salable collection by 25 to 30 percent from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, which is off-loading due to research budget cuts. And, Soll said, the bank expects to receive … Continue reading →