Monthly Archives: December 2014
The Other Side
Ebola Virus
The Ebola virus has been spreading and scientists are trying to find out why. There has been an outbreak of Ebola in the country Sierra Leone, Africa. In the town Freeport, Sierra Leone all residents have been told to stay … Keep Reading
Developmental Genetics of the Neural Crest
Students and faculty at Vanderbilt University are currently studying the effect of the development, or lack of development, of neural crest cells has on the intestinal nervous system, or enteric system, of mice and eventually people. Neural crest cells, by … Keep Reading
Just How Much Smarter Are Humans?
Image from Wikimedia Commons The more and more scientists continue to study animals, the more intelligent we find some of the species to be. For hundreds of years, humans were thought to be so far superior in intellect to every … Keep Reading