Image source   A new type of microbe that can survive only on artificial nutrients promises better security against such mishaps. The strategy, described in two papers in this week’s issue of Nature, might ultimately be used to control genetically engineered plants or other organisms released

  Image source   In a study published in April in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, group names methane-celled organism, Methanosarcina, as one of the main culprits for the Permian extinction. Scientists believe that the surge of these gases warm the planet and made it

  Image source   The researchers found that bowhead whales have unique mutations in a gene called, which is involved in the repair of damaged DNA. Mutations in this gene can provide protection against cancer. Scientists have noted that he hopes eventually to extend human life by studying the

  Image source   A new drug can be a powerful weapon in the war against antibiotic resistance. The antibiotic was found hiding in the ground in a grassy field in Maine, USA. The drug has also worked well against difficult to treat mistakes that damage the heart. However, scientist Mark Enright,

  Image source   The rise of agriculture people today are becoming more and more sedentary therefore a serious problem with obesity in modern culture. 7 million years of hominid evolution, aimed actions and physical activity for survival, but it is only in the past, say, 50 to 100 years, we were so