The Secret to A Perfect Egg
Finding fossilized eggs is not the most arduous task. Finding a completely intact fossil, however, is as rare as finding a dinosaur in...
Celebrating 2021 with our new friends!
2021 has been a bit of a roller coaster, but one thing that has remained constant has been the myriad of discoveries that have been made...
Fake Eyes
Many butterfly and moth species have now developed fake extra eyes called eyespots and evolutionary and developmental biology studies why...
Plant or Animal?: Blurring The Lines Between Autotrophs and Heterotrophs
Many of Science's greatest and most shocking discoveries started out as absurd fever dreams. Like the time Albert Einstein came up with...
Xenotransplantation: Can we be Part-Pig?
Well, we have spoken about this a while back when we were discussing ethics in terms of Chimerism. Back then it still seemed a dream...
Sloths: Could They Have Been Meat Eaters?
Let’s talk sloths. There are currently 6 known species of the Sloth all of which are herbivorous and all of them were thought to be...
The biological aspect of ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurobehavioral, chronic disorders that affects children, but...
doRNA- A New Classification of the Classic
A dogma in biology states that RNA that have fewer than 16 nucleotides are redundant and just 'cellular waste.' Rather, a dogma stated...
Mathematics.
Yes, I know this is a Biology blog, but this is interesting. What does math have to do with Biology? A lot of things actually. A whole...
Dragonfly Evolving
We are all familiar with the Theory of Evolution, as proposed by Charles Darwin, and its implications on the millions of species that...
Trace your ancestral history!
How do people make claims about the % composition of their ancestry? The answer is a simple DNA ancestry test that can make inferences...
Changing The Shape of DNA- The Mystery Unravels.
DNA is once again in the limelight and may just change the way we look at the world. This research was a collaboration between Hoencamp...
Addiction and Withdrawl
In my last article, I spoke about cats being attracted to Catnip, but I did not delve into the concept thoroughly. In today's article,...
Seaweed - Food, Fuel and Fertiliser
Seaweed holds a reputation as a nutrient rich superfood, providing a wide range of vitamins, minerals, lipids, proteins and trace...
Catnip- an attractant and repellent?
I realise that we have spoken a great deal about several aspects of biology, including stem cells, the brain, genetics and more. However,...

Brain Changes after Trauma
Trauma, as described by the American Psychological Association, is an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, rape, or...
A Piece of Gum to A Portrait of a 5700 Year Old Woman?!
This discovery shows how advanced the scientific world is today, and the wonders we can do with it. This is by far one of the most...
Could Herpes accelerate Alzhimer's?
Does the herpes virus HSV-1 cause Alzheimer’s or accelerate the development of it in patients? HSV, also known as Herpes simplex virus,...
The Plastic Brain
Neuroplasticity, a theory that started getting accepted in the scientific community in the later half of the 20th century, explains that...




















