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Category Archives: Science
Forensic evidence links badgers and cows in British tuberculosis infections
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a serious disease that threatens the health of livestock, wildlife, and the agricultural economy, particularly in the United Kingdom. Although every cow in the UK is subjected to a yearly bTB test, with those testing positive … Continue reading
Posted in Disease, Ecology, Genetics, Microorganisms, Science
Tagged bacteria, badger, bovine tuberculosis, bTB, cattle, cow, cull, epidemic, forensic, livestock, m. bovis, meles meles, mycobacterium bovis, pathogen, vaccination, whole genome sequencing, wildlife
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Parasite Philosophy: Just Keep Swimming!
Lots of microorganisms can survive in remarkably difficult conditions – bacteria can bloom in hot springs at 80°C, archaea live around hydrothermal vents reaching a toasty 113°C, while viruses can survive in the Arctic sea ice. For human pathogens, only … Continue reading
Posted in Disease, Evolution, Microorganisms, Science
Tagged african sleeping sickness, antibody, blood, bloodstream, complement, flagellum, hydrodynamic drag, life cycle, mechanical, parasite, trypanosome, tsetse fly
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Lights! Action! On Mood and Brain Function
The response of the human brain to light harks back to Cro-Magnon times, when sunrise signalled the earliest opportunity to leave your cave to get your breakfast without being pounced on by a carnivorous beast lurking in the shadows. In … Continue reading
The Life and (Long) Times of Bugs
If there’s one thing that Jurassic Park taught us, it’s that evolution is a long, drawn-out process*. Novel traits evolve in different species over millions of years, so most human scientists aren’t around long enough to see them happen in … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution, Genetics, Microorganisms, Science
Tagged bacteria, chelating agent, citrate, E. coli, Escherichia coli, evolution, exploitation, glucose, progeny
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A Doctor Who Approach to Bird Evolution
Any Doctor Who fan will tell you that the ability to move through both space and time is a fundamental part of any Time Lord’s lifestyle. Researcher’s from the USA, UK, Canada and Australia applied a similar concept to the … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Evolution, Science
Tagged adaptive zone, avian, biodiversity, bird, Darwin's finches, diversification, Doctor Who, ecology, evolution, latitude, longitude, niche, space, time
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