Dangerous Liaisons: Hermaphrodite Edition
Following on the heels of my Fruit Fly Sexy Time post, this paper caught my eye. The researchers used an electron microscope to look at the ‘love-dart’ of a species of land snail. The...
Following on the heels of my Fruit Fly Sexy Time post, this paper caught my eye. The researchers used an electron microscope to look at the ‘love-dart’ of a species of land snail. The...
This is one of the most awesome papers I have read in a while. It looks at the mating habits of male fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, and questions the molecular mechanism behind why male...
This is a really amazing bit of research into what happens to a dying worm. Researchers have discovered a burst of intense blue fluorescence, visible under UV light, that propagates through the worm in...
If you could undergo a simple screening test for a disease, chances are you would; after all, the mantra “early diagnosis saves lives” has been endlessly drilled into our heads through doctors, friends, advertisements,...
This is some fascinating research, published in the latest issue of the journal Science. Ed Yong has a great writeup about it, but unfortunately the original paper is behind a paywall. It demonstrates that...
Following on the heels of my recent post on Bacterial Biofilms, I wanted to write about quorum sensing next. This is a fascinating topic, and understanding how it works helps explain how a bacterium...