Mice Thrive Without Chapters of the Book of Life
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It&#39;s called the book of life but mice, and perhaps humans, can still thrive even when chapters are missing, scientists said Wednesday.
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Japanese scientists have generated new teeth and whiskers in mice using just a handful of embryonic cells&#8212;a key development in the quest to grow replacement organs for humans.
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There are no easy answers when it comes to keeping the world's largest land mammal in check.
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It has been billed as one of the most massive information-crunching, gigabyte-gobbling research endeavors in history -- which might explain why after a year&#39;s work, scientists have gotten through only about one-tenth of a mouse&#39;s brain.
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Ponds and swamps are becoming eerily silent. The familiar melody of ribbits, croaks and chirps is disappearing as a mysterious killer fungus wipes out frog populations around the globe, a phenomenon likened to the extinction of dinosaurs.
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Global biodiversity is shrinking at an unprecedented rate and the prognosis given by one of the world&#39;s leading conservation bodies, at the opening of a major environment conference here, is alarming.
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Scientists are reporting that they have determined why muscles get tired and devised, for mice, an experimental drug that can eliminate fatigue.
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A more refined analysis of the human genome, or book of life, shows people have fewer genes than previously thought, an international team of scientists said on Wednesday.
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Hairless mice of the world, rejoice. Scientists have found a way to grow new hair follicles on your bald bodies using stem cells. The study could be good news not just for furless mice.
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Put off by the idea of wearing jackets made from dead animal skins, a team of Australian researchers attempts to grow a stitchless coat from live cells. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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Turning off a gene that has been  associated with Alzheimer&#39;s disease made mice smarter in the  lab, researchers said on Sunday in a finding that lends new  insight on learning and may lead to new drugs for memory  problems.
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Tycho: There are two things I must mention.First, Gabriel liked the cover for book four (entitled "Birds Are Weird") so much that he wanted to make a poster of it, and it's not worth arguing with him when he gets like that so we let him do it. It is, even now, awailable!Also: PAX preregistration opens today, and since we've had a couple of these now you probably know if it's something you'd like to attend. You save ten dollars over the door price, which is, like, ten bucks. This is money you could put toward some other purpose!(CW)TB
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Ordinary mice can be turned into marathon racers that run for hours and eat huge amounts of food without getting fat by altering a single gene, according to US and Korean scientists.
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Scientists find a way to give mice a sunless tan which holds out hope of a new way to protect against skin cancer.
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Together with his intrepid film crew, documentary filmmaker Drew Wharton often found himself within feet of enormous bellowing 4,500 pound alpha males clashing mightily over females in estrus. It is A Sealâs Life, after all. The film (which debuted at the Monterey Bay Aquarium) tells the story of the worldâs largest seal speciesâthe northern Elephant Sealâbehemoths that come ashore once a year to give birth, molt, and mate. âApple technology saves me a ton of time and money,â notes Wharton, who edited the film in Final Cut Studio. âOur whole workflow is based on Macs, from field acquisition to post production. A Sealâs Life was made on a Mac from start to finishâfor me, it didnât make sense to do it any other way.â
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A. J. Jacobs is a specialist in dubious achievements. This memoir details his reality-show version of living by rules set forth in the Bible.
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Editors: Shlomo Reifman and Samantha N. Wong Researchers: Joshua Brandt, Fei Mei Chan,  Andrew T. Gillies, Soo Jeong, Edward Knudsen,  Artie Kwok, John Ray and Jody Yen Programmer: Carl Subick