Month: May 2008

A robot which cares for millions of frozen biological samples is among four finalists for…

Hospital cleaners should watch out because the toilet police are patrolling with their new secret…

Scientists have discovered how to keep one’s tomatoes from wilting — the answer lies at…

The search for genes associated with alcohol dependence has recently been extended to the tachykinin…

Scientists used to think that hermaphrodites, due to their low position in the evolutionary scale,…

Three hot-air balloons dropped asphalt shingles, lumber, sticks, leaves and pine needles onto a north…

At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid,…

Most female frogs don’t call; most lack or have only rudimentary vocal cords. A typical…