Cancer A genome-wide cancer ‘dependency map’ 7 Aug 2017 Of all genes, 760 are the cause of multiple types of cancer cells and those cancers are strongly dependent on these genes for their growth and survival. However, about 10…
Uncategorized Elemental haiku! 4 Aug 2017 Mary Soon Lee Science 04 Aug 2017: Vol. 357, Issue 6350, pp. 461-463 DOI: 10.1126/science.aan2999 Author Mary Soon Lee (marysoonlee@gmail.com) provides this review of the periodic table composed of 119 science…
Cancer… Cell Cannibalism as Cancer Defense! 14 Jul 201714 Jul 2017 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27134.001A new study suggests that the mysterious process by which one cell consumes another may be triggered by cell division, potentially helping to fight tumor growth. Jef Akst, The Scientist,…
Uncategorized fAIth 29 Jun 2017 The most avid believers in artificial intelligence are aggressively secular – yet their language is eerily religious. Why? Beth Singler, Aeon My stomach sank the moment the young man stood…
Particle physics… A brief etymology of particle physics 20 Jun 2017 How did the proton, photon and other particles get their names? By Daniel Garisto, Symmetry Magazine 05/30/17 Over the years, physicists have given names to the smallest constituents of our universe. This…
Calorie restriction… The Science of Fasting 6 Jun 2017 Running on Empty Regularly taking breaks from eating—for hours or days—can trigger changes both expected, such as in metabolic dynamics and inflammation, and surprising, as in immune system function and…
Genetics… Why race is not a scientific category 4 Jun 2017 Ingenious: Dalton Conley The Princeton sociologist explains why race is not a scientific category KEVIN BERGERJUNE, Naitulus When Dalton Conley, a professor of sociology at Princeton University, talks about race,…
Ageing… Yes, Life in the Fast Lane Kills You 1 Jun 20171 Jun 2017 New insights into mitochondria reveal how life expends energy By Philip Ball, Illustration by Alexander Glandien, Naitulus Nick Lane is an evolutionary biochemist at University College London who thinks about…
Ageing… Why Men Don’t Live as Long as Women 1 Jun 20171 Jun 2017 It’s the testosterone, don’t you know Richard G. Bribiescas, Naitulus Years ago when I was conducting my doctoral research on the evolutionary history of men among a remote indigenous community…
Evolution… Can Darwinian Evolution Explain Lamarckism? 24 May 201724 May 2017 Answering three questions can help reveal how the “inheritance of acquired characteristic” fits into modern evolutionary theory Pradeep Mutalik, Quanta Magazine If you took a high school biology class, you’re…
