Biology Articles

  • Bigfoot: The Nitrogen Problem

    Tue, 14th Aug 2012

    Less than 5% of the nitrogen added to crops to feed animals ends up as meat in our mouths...

  • Mushroom Magic

    Thu, 21st Jun 2012

    The psychedelic drug psilocybin, the active principal of magic mushrooms, was once though...

  • Barnacles "mussel" in

    Fri, 9th Sep 2011

    Barnacles and mussels have an intimate relationship, but are they welcome house guests or...

  • Pain genes and perception

    Tue, 2nd Aug 2011

    Rare genetic mutations have been known to abolish pain, or to cause permanent agony. But ...

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