2017 Nobel Prize for Circadian Rhythm
The 2017 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Dr. Michael Young, Dr. Jeffrey Hall, and Dr. Michael Rosbash for the discovery of the molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms. Because I’m not on the nobel prize selection committee, I can’t tell you exactly why they picked this...
The MutAnts are Here
Have you ever seen ants walking in a line and wondered how they do it? Scientists have known for a long time that ants use secreted chemicals called pheromones to communicate complicated social signals including which trails to walk on. While we knew that ants fluently speak pheromone, we...
How Fish Adapt to Darkness
There are millions of examples of plants and animals adapting to their environment. Need to blend in? Change your coloring. Need to crack a different kind of nut? Change your beak. But while we have lots of examples of adaptation, we rarely have the ability to look at what...