Found the oldest animal ever on planet earth
Posted by admin in Science on 13. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
Our earliest evolutionary ancestor may have been found in the form of microscopic sponge-like organisms recently discovered inside extremely ancient African rocks. If that turns out to be so, it would displace animal life’s previous earliest known ancestor (unremarkably, another sponge-like “metazoan”) by predating it by perhaps 100 million years. Otavia antiqua could be the [...]
Humans might be able to see the earth’s magnetic field
Posted by admin in Science on 22. Jun, 2011 | 0 Comments
Without realizing it, humans might be able to innately detect Earth’s magnetic field, thanks to a compound found in our eyes. Or we may have been able to do so some time in the past. Plenty of animals are known to be able to perceive geomagnetism, using it to navigate and even to hunt their [...]
What’s the Point of Sex?
Posted by admin in Science on 12. May, 2011 | 0 Comments
It Would Be So Much Easier to Clone Ourselves, Right? Bdelloid Rotifers, all-female animals that live in ponds, have reproduced without sex for millions of years. This may seem obvious. But in evolutionary terms, the benefits of sexual reproduction are not immediately clear. Male rhinoceros beetles grow huge, unwieldy horns half the length of their [...]
Genetically Modified Cows Produce Milk Akin To Human Milk
Posted by admin in Science on 05. Apr, 2011 | 0 Comments
In a potential new step for genetically modified food, babies could someday drink human-like milk derived from herds of genetically modified dairy cows, which scientists say could supplement breast milk and replace baby formula. Scientists have created 300 cows that produce milk with some of the properties of human breast milk, including lysozyme, which fights [...]
Japanese Researchers Announce Plan to Resurrect Woolly Mammoth Within Five Years
Posted by admin in Hi-tech, Science on 19. Jan, 2011 | 0 Comments
It’s just like Jurassic Park, except for real, and also with several key practical differences! Japanese researchers, led by Akira Iritani, professor emeritus of Kyoto University, have begun plans to resurrect the long-extinct (except in our hearts and minds and museums) woolly mammoth through new cloning techniques. The researchers hope to induce the birth of [...]
