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Antibiotics Breed Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Pigs

Posted by Emily Sohn Mon Jan 16, 2012 04:21 PM ET | 0

After being exposed to antibiotics for only 2 weeks, a drastic rise in drug-resistant E. coli has been detected in guts of pigs. Read more

Body Armor Made From Spider Silk

Posted Sun Jan 15, 2012 09:39 AM ET | 0

Scientists have genetically modified silkworms to produce threads that are as strong as spider silk. Read more

Sequence Your Genome for Under $1,000

Posted by Jesse Emspak Sat Jan 14, 2012 09:35 AM ET | 0

The cost and speed of sequencing your genes is now in line with other medical tests. Read more

Old Genes Make New, Giant-Headed Ants

Posted by Jesse Emspak Tue Jan 10, 2012 04:29 PM ET | 0

Scientists genetically alter ants to produce super soldiers with big noggins. Read more

Modern Disease Found in Ancient Bones

Posted Wed Jan 4, 2012 09:16 AM ET | 0

The finding shows that brucellosis has been in Albania since at least the Middle Ages. Read more

First Hybrid Shark Found

Posted Tue Jan 3, 2012 08:35 AM ET | 0

The first-ever observed hybrid may be a sign the predators are adapting to climate change. Read more

Got 'Fat Genes'? You Can Still Lose Weight

Posted by Benjamin Radford Sun Dec 18, 2011 02:46 PM ET | 0

Though many of us carry a "fat gene," diet and exercise can largely overcome its effects. Read more

Got 'Fat Genes'? You Can Still Lose Weight

Play a Video Game, Help Cure a Disease

Posted by Jesse Emspak Wed Dec 7, 2011 12:33 PM ET | 0

An online video game lets players chose a disease and then use their skills to advance the frontier of a cure. Read more

Vroom! World's Fastest Cells Drag Race

Posted by Nic Halverson Tue Dec 6, 2011 03:40 PM ET | 0

Bone marrow cells take home the checkered flag at the Word Cell Race. Read more

'Language Gene' May Influence Learning Too

Posted by Marianne English Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:54 AM ET | 0

A mutation may have helped humans learn how to create complex speech and language. Read more

'Language Gene' May Influence Learning Too

Evolutionary Biology Pioneer Lynn Margulis Dies

Posted by Kieran Mulvaney Thu Nov 24, 2011 01:31 PM ET | 0

Lynn Margulis died on Nov. 22, age 73, succumbing to the fate that will eventually meet us all, the inevitable conclusion of a train of events that, as she identified, was set in motion billions of years ago. Read more

Evolutionary Biology Pioneer Lynn Margulis Dies

Judges' Views Key in Gene Patenting Battle

Posted by Marianne English Tue Oct 18, 2011 05:33 PM ET | 0

The American Civil Liberties Union intends to take the case to the Supreme Court. Read more

Judges' Views Key in Gene Patenting Battle

Why the Black Death Was the Mother of All Plagues

Posted Wed Oct 12, 2011 04:10 PM ET | 0

The deadly pathogen that spawned waves of epidemics has barely changed. Read more

Verlander's Pitch: How Does He Do It?

Posted by Emily Sohn Wed Oct 5, 2011 04:19 PM ET | 0

The Detroit Tigers pitcher isn't a magician. Making a curve ball curve takes a steady mind and complex biomechanics. Read more

How H.G. Wells' World Became Real: Photos

Posted Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:52 AM ET | 0

Explore how late-19th- and early-20th-century fiction, as envisioned by Wells, became 21st-century reality. Read more

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