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Vitamin E and Alzheimer's
By: Joyce Element
Alzheimer's disease can take a huge toll on close family members watching their loved one forget who their family is let alone who they are. According to the Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's disease is the number one cause of Dementia. The disease does not only occur...
Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 goes to Francois Englert and Peter Higgs
By: Christine Zibas
This Nobel Prize was nearly 50 years in the making. Back then, Professor Peter W. Higgs of the University of Edinburgh and Professor Francois Englert of the Free University of Brussels had the theoretical foresight to predict that the Higgs boson (commonly known as the...
By: Kimberly Napier
Sir John Bertrand Gurdon is a developmental biologist from Great Britain. He has been awarded the Lasker Award in 2009 and, along with Shinya Yamanaka, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2012. His research concerned discovering how mature cells can be converted to...
Interesting facts about Charles Darwin
By: Bennett Horton Jr.
Charles Darwin is well known as the father of evolutionary theory and the man who coined the term “evolution.” An interesting fact is that Darwin didn’t coin that term; philosopher Herbert Spenser did. In the original printings of Darwin’s ground-breaking work...
By: VetStudies.com
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins was a revolution in evolutionary biology. Here I have compiled a review of the book together with a brief explanation of the theory for the layman interested in reading it.First of all, who should buy/read this book? I...
By: Mark Hopkins
Louis Pasteur was already a Professor of Chemistry when he was asked to investigate a problem facing certain wine producers in France. Some of it was turning into vinegar! As a scientist he was meticulous in his methods and concluded that micro-organisms in the air...
By: Tammy L Mahan
The life of Charles Darwin, Naturalist, zoologist, botanist, and author. Creator of "The Theory of Evolution." Was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His father was a physician and his mother a homemaker. Sadly, Charles mother died when he was 8 years...
By: Linda Ann Nickerson
Ever been to day camp on a rainy day? If you have, then you have undoubtedly seen the movies about Jane Goodall and her ape friends in the jungle. (Think Gorillas in the Mist with real science.) Camp directors have run the reels for...
By: Sarah Piper
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) started out his career studying medicine and later on theology at Edinburgh University. His father had hoped that he would become a clergyman, but this was not to be. Darwin had developed an interest in beetles, through this interest he was introduced...
By: Krystle Hernandez
Born in April of 1934, Valerie Jane Goodall was raised in London until the age of twelve. After her parents divorce, the young Goodall moved to Bournemouth where she went to school and gained a strong interest in animal biology.Her love of animals landed...

 

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