Items tagged with Human

   Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Armpits Are 'Rain Forests' for Bacteria Saturday, May 30th, 2009 - 10:25:16 - Anuradha Menon Long considered a source of odor and embarrassment, the humble armpit may be coming up in the world. On the microbial level, a person's underarms are... read more

How Brain Processes Speech Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 18:22:43 - Anuradha Menon Neuroscientists feel they are much closer to an accepted unified theory about how the brain processes speech and language, according to a scientist... read more

What is the Point in Patenting Genes? Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 09:19:08 - Anuradha Menon Earlier this month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit that challenges the right of Myriad Genetics to patent a genetic test... read more

Mental Math Linked to Eye Motion Saturday, May 9th, 2009 - 16:47:43 - Anuradha Menon Structures in the human brain once devoted only to visualizing spaces are now also involved in performing simple mental math, according to a new... read more

'Hobbits' were Distinct Human Species Thursday, May 7th, 2009 - 16:14:42 - Anuradha Menon New evidence has emerged to show that an extinct, diminutive people known as "hobbits" from the Indonesian island of Flores belonged to a new species... read more

10-Year Study of African Genetic Data Friday, May 1st, 2009 - 18:14:06 - Anuradha Menon African, American, and European researchers working in a 10-year collaboration have released the largest-ever study of African genetic data — more... read more

Cloud Cloning Bring Dead Girl Back To Life? Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 - 12:25:05 - Anuradha Menon A controversial fertility doctor has claimed he cloned 14 human embryos and transferred 11 of them into women's wombs. Dr Panayiotis Zavos carried... read more

Iran Blogger Dies in Evin Prison Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 - 12:08:13 - Sarah Gingichashvili Reports from Iran say Omid Mirsayafi, a blogger who had been jailed for insulting the country's ruling clerics, has died in Tehran's main prison. The... read more

Peking Man Older Than Thought Sunday, March 15th, 2009 - 16:38:57 - Sarah Gingichashvili Classic Homo erectus fossils in Zhoukoudian caves are more than 700,000 years old. Researchers have sifted the sands of time to show that Homo... read more

   Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9