Is lettuce grown in space nutritious and safe to eat?
Is a space salad healthier than salad grown on earth? We may be one step closer to finding out. A NASA team conducted a study onboard the…
Category: Biology
Mosquitos are more common in poorly kept-up neighborhoods
The team concluded, based on their data, that socioeconomic status is related to Aedes aegypti abundance within Puerto Rico’s urban…
Searching for the first light of fireflies
Fireflies are bioluminescent, which means they glow. But were they always that way? Why do they glow? Scientists used genetics tools to find…
Is your child a picky eater?
In an effort to find out if breastfeeding was related to eating behaviors during childhood, researchers studied a group of children for 6…
Editing genes before birth as a new therapy
Although the term ‘gene editing’ may sound like science fiction, it isn’t! CRISPR-mediated gene editing is a technology first…
Building blocks of life may have formed from non-living matter
Cell structures similar to membranes can arise from non-living substances under suitable conditions.
Using Reishi mushrooms to filter methane out of the atmosphere
Could dead or living #fungi be used as a biofilter to trap and remove #methane, the potent #greenhousegas, from the atmosphere? Researchers…
What is a fish’s favorite color?
Did you know fish prefer certain colors? When they don’t like the color of their tank, the fish may get stressed or aggressive!…
Fungi may be able to help clean up polluted water
Human activities such as coal mining and processing can cause high levels of selenium contamination, which can be harmful to human health.…
NASA is sending yeast into deep space
NASA will generate invaluable data on yeast’s response to deep space radiation by launching the BioSentinel satellite in 2021. Here’s…