Recent Biology Articles page 6

Baltimore Sun - As the deadline draws closer for this year's high school juniors to pass tests in algebra, government, biology and English, there is increasing concern that many of them are going to be left behind. The latest assessment results showed that a ...

Daily Herald - Her father, Russell Rader, is a biology professor at Brigham Young University. Three days later, Keath handed out fliers on BYU campus accusing Rader of sexually abusing his daughter (the stalking victim), court documents said. When BYU police met ...

Inside Higher Ed - As a general rule, she said, “biologists shouldn’t tell historians how to interpret Middle Eastern history and historians shouldn’t tell biologists what good biology is.” Many colleges — and this was the case at DePaul with Finkelstein ...

Raleigh News & Observer - And in eastern Chatham, the fastest-growing part of the county, creeks feed Jordan Lake, which provides drinking water for Cary and east Chatham. Dirt also harms aquatic life, Willis said. "The way sunlight comes through the water affects the biology ...

New York Times - In a study published last week in PLoS Biology, the researchers reported on an effort to breed a colony of narcoleptic zebrafish by obtaining mutant fish that lacked hypocretin receptors. “I was hoping that they would collapse, like the dogs ...

USA Today - But Walker says the imaging study published in today's issue of Current Biology found that the brain's emotional centers become "60% more reactive." The study also suggests that lack of sleep elevates activity in the emotional centers of the brain most ...

Wired News - ... The substance that gives this classic ingredient its essential flavor crystallizes upon evaporation. "Crystallization is a guiding motif in the organization of matter," Davidson says. "In biology, it's a way of packaging molecules."

Forbes - Beginning with her work at the Department of Justice dealing with illicit trade in animal and plant resources through her years of service and leadership at WWF (1989-2005), Fuller demonstrated that training in biology and law and a talent for ...

Daily Telegraph - The latest A-level Biology syllabus enjoins teachers to consider their students' spiritual, ethical and cultural sensitivities when introducing them to the subject. They should certainly omit James Watson, the double helix man, and his much-reported ...

Baltimore Sun - The discussion is taking place as part of a larger debate by the state school board over whether all students, beginning with the Class of 2009, must pass High School Assessments in English, algebra, biology and American government before they can ...