Stem cell research has recently headed in innovative directions. Earlier this month scientists announced they had grown rabbit replacement penile erectile tissue. Now the idea of growing meat in the laboratory without animals is being proposed.
Officials with the Catalina Island Conservancy announced that beginning immediately they will begin injecting female bison with birth control delivered by dart gun to control the herd and insure their health and well-being.
Malnutrition and iron deficiency among schoolchildren in developing countries could be reduced by serving up generous portions of delicious, bargain-priced snail pie and other handy beef alternatives.
African army ants are famous for their ferocity. They can, and do, eat anything in their path. When rival army ant colonies meet, there are border wars. Yet when an army ant queen dies, the ants are “adopted” by other colonies.
The possibility of 3-parent babies grows nearer as researchers use eggs from younger women to repair damages in older women's eggs, improving their chances of fertility.
Plants created the hydrocarbons which are polluting the world. Now they’re about to provide the hydrogen, without the carbons. Scientists have duplicated the photosynthetic processes of algae.
After examining more than a dozen human-generated chemicals, NASA and Purdue University researchers found that carbon dioxide and methane, cited most often as causes of climate change, have less greenhouse warming potential than fluorinated compounds.
A free cosmic show is on hand during the early hours as the annual Leonids meteor shower starts at midnight, with the best sights coming around 4 a.m. EST. North America will have a small showing but those in Asia will get the full viewing.
The Ig Nobel prizes - a play on the name of the Nobel prizes awarded every October from Stockholm and Oslo - are given out by the Harvard-based humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research.
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