I think I realized for the first time that I was overweight when I was eight years old. I was not a child who paid much attention to the shape of people’s bodies until around then.
Before this unfortunate...
Last year, I had a stunning realization: I thoroughly envy cavemen.
After watching “Ice Age” with my younger brother and marveling at the prospect of seeing mighty woolly mammoths traverse the land,...
For the first installment of “Meet the Professors” I got to interview Biology Professor Manus Patten. He currently teaches Foundations of Biology II (Bio 104), but in past semesters he has taught Genetic...
We may not actually be who we think we are. Or at least, we may be a little more complicated than we give ourselves credit for.
That’s what the genetic study of DNA has begun to explore. The study...
(UWIRE) Scientists at Harvard and the University of California, San Diego, have provided evidence for the first time of a gene that plays a role in shaping an individual's political beliefs.
The study,...
