Biology news around the web
Study: Signs of life in ancient lava
(CNN) Tiny, bacteria-like organisms made their home in hardened lava some 3.5 billion years ago, scientists reported on Friday.
Submitted on Apr 24, 2004 by tormod
ecotourism: animals losing weight, biologist worries
(New Scientist) Polar bears, penguins, dolphins ,dingoes, whale, birds in the rainforest are becoming stressed and losing weight, with some dying as a result. Ecotourism is the reason for that says biologists.
Submitted on Mar 4, 2004 by alps
Hot bug extends temperature limit for life
(New Scientist) The upper temperature limit at which life can exist has been extended to 121°C, 8°C higher than the previous record holder. The hardy organism, given the preliminary name Strain 121, was found at a "black smoker" hydrothermal vent on the floor of the northeast Pacific Ocean.
Submitted on Aug 14, 2003 by tormod
Hi-tech study fails to find Nessie
(CNN) The Loch Ness monster is a Loch Ness myth. At least according to the British Broadcasting Corp., which says a team which trawled the loch for any signs of the famous monster came up with nothing more than a buoy moored several yards below the surface.
Submitted on Jul 29, 2003 by tormod
Sea creature baffles Chilean scientists
(CNN) Is it a fabled giant octopus, a monster squid, or perhaps a piece of a rotting whale? A huge, gelatinous sea creature found in the Southern Pacific Coast of Chile continued to baffle scientists Wednesday while they waited for a DNA analysis to clear up the puzzle.
Submitted on Jul 3, 2003 by tormod
Volunteers Sought to Help Scout Beetle
(Netscape News) Wanted: Home gardeners, landscapers, and 4-H groups to help track the spread of a tiny, ravenous beetle that chews flowery shrubs into skeletons. No experience necessary.
Submitted on Jun 16, 2003 by tormod
Vocal Learning Similar in Humans, Birds
(Scientific American) A baby songbird doesn't emerge from the egg singing perfectly. It starts out babbling, and gradually refines its tune over time. Human infants follow a similar developmental path when learning to talk.
Submitted on Jun 3, 2003 by tormod
World's smallest seahorse discovered
(CNN) Scientists say they have discovered the world's smallest seahorse, after realizing it was not simply the offspring of a species they already knew about.
Submitted on May 12, 2003 by tormod
Sex life of worms reveals Chernobyl effect
(New Scientist) Worms contaminated by radioactivity from the Chernobyl nuclear accident have started having sex with each other instead of on their own.
Submitted on Apr 13, 2003 by Noah
From Biology to Computing and Back Again
(NSF) For decades, computer scientists have used mathematical models inspired by biological processes ? such as "genetic algorithms" and "cellular automata" ? to address complex scientific problems. Now new methods are being developed.
Submitted on Mar 28, 2003 by tormod
