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La sustancia ayudó a aplazar la muerte en animales de laboratorio, pero los investigadores han advertido que el suplemento no es un elixir mágico. Un suplemento dietético que toman los [...]

Taurine helped stave off death in laboratory animals, but researchers cautioned that the supplement is not a magic elixir. A dietary supplement taken by fitness buffs could hold the key [...]

More than 20 years after scientists first released a draft sequence of the human genome, the book of life has been given a long-overdue rewrite. A more accurate and inclusive [...]

Byline: Elie Dolgin The hellbenders' alarming change in behavior may be linked to deforestation, a new study found. The hellbender salamander has been called a lot of things. Snot otter. [...]

The hellbenders' alarming change in behavior may be linked to deforestation, a new study found. The hellbender salamander has been called a lot of things. Snot otter. Mud devil. Old [...]

Byline: Elie Dolgin A genetic analysis of dozens of ancient skeletons from East Africa helps pin down the origins of coastal Swahili society. A long history of mercantile trade along [...]

A new study of skeletons from a cemetery in Germany reveals a hidden history of Jews in the Middle Ages. A study of skeletons unearthed from a medieval Jewish cemetery [...]

Byline: Elie Dolgin Chi Van Dang generally declines to discuss the science that made him famous. A leading authority on cancer metabolism, he routinely is asked to speak about how [...]

Byline: ELIE DOLGIN The threespine stickleback is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, but in four lake systems off the Strait of Georgia in B.C., it exists in a unique form [...]

Byline: Elie Dolgin NE'EDILEE CREEK, YUKON -- Conservationist Nathan Millar knew that time was running out. Despite his high-tech equipment and sophisticated methodology, the 27-year-old fisheries biologist with the Gwich'in [...]

Byline: ELIE DOLGIN It turns out Charlotte may not be the only friendly spider. Biologists once thought arachnids were aggressive, territorial loners. But this summer, two giant cobwebs spun by [...]

Source: The Scientist-Feb 2009 (v23 n2 p20) ISSN: 0890-3670 Pharmacologist Kishor Wasan of the University of British Columbia has formulated a new way for delivering anti-fungal drugs in capsule form. […]

The article focuses on a new study suggesting that high doses of taurine, an amino acid commonly found in energy drinks and certain foods, may contribute to longer and healthier lives.

The article focuses on the increasing trend of cannibalism among male hellbender salamanders due to environmental damage caused by deforestation. Topics include the impact of pollutants from deforestation on water chemistry, the declining population of hellbenders, and the conservation implications of cannibalistic behavior.

The article presents the discussion on long history of mercantile trade along the eastern shores of Africa leaving the mark on the DNA of ancient Swahili people. Topics include towns growing immensely wealthy to a vibrant trading network with merchants sailing across the Indian Ocean on the monsoon winds; and signatures from the dug·up bones with cheek swabs or saliva samples taken from modern-day individuals living in Africa.