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Mike the Mad Biologist (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
When I was taking invertebrate zoology, my teacher remarked that if you got rid of all multicellular organisms, and replaced nematodes (tiny little, multicellular worms) with points of lights, you would see the outline of every multicellular organism on the planet. Since nematodes are everywhere, it's surprising that the role of nematodes in the maintenance of 'normal' health hasn't been well investigated....
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www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Ecological Cycle posters. Population study of Haven High School. The discovery of a New Ecosystem (Click here) Building a biome Source: www.havenschools.com Life Science Botany, Zoology, Micro Biology, Anatomy, Life Science Life science refers to the study of life. Life science basic elements study starts from school level. [...]
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SNAIL'S TALES (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
In this post back in December 2007, I wrote that I was reviewing a manuscript for the open-access malacology journal Malacologica Bohemoslovaca published by the Institute of Zoology at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. One thing led to another and last May the editor Libor Dvořák invited me to join the journal's editorial board. I thought about it for about a week and then accepted the offer. My responsibility...
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Truemors (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Did you know that the Madagascar chameleon spends three quarters of its entire life in an egg? Most mammals, reptiles and amphibians live between two and ten years. A zoology student discovered this very unusual life cycle where this chameleon lives for just about five months after it has hatched. There aren’t any other four-legged [...]
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University is conducting the annual practical examinations for second year B.Sc students on July 4. Practical tests will be held in physics, chemistry, geology, botany and zoology at the Science and Technology ...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Doherty, 31, is a zoology and entomology graduate whose trials in setting up a rare breed pig farm were chronicled in the BBC2 series 'Jimmy's Farm'. His new series, 'Jimmy Doherty's Farming Heroes', starts on BBC2 in July.
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The New Nation (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Staff Reporter Angry students of Dhaka College in New Market area went on rampage and set ablaze a microbus following a road accident that left one of their fellowmen seriously injured yesterday. Police said Saiful Islam, a first year honours student of Zoology Department of the College, was seriously injured as a microbus hit him in front of the main Gate of the college at about 1:00pm. Saiful was...
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www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Life science projects include botany and zoology, as well as psychology and kinesiology. Examining plant growth, animal behavior, human perception or the mechanics of human Source: 66.195.251.235
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Firmly Wedged (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
You will probably be aware of the Cryptozoology Season the Grant Museum of Zoology at University College London. Next Wednesday night, they will be showing the 1954 classic Godzilla. I may go. I think it probably counts as work.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Basic sciences such as physics, chemistry, zoology and botany are not attracting many in colleges. While, on one hand, this trend can be attributed to the profusion of Information Technology, on the other, the curriculum of ...
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Nanny Knows Best (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
I am not entirely sure as to whether this is an example of Nannyism, or just well intentioned kind hearted people giving Nanny an opportunity to make mischief. I refer to the plan by some zoology students from Cambridge to try to impose a code of conduct on the summer sport of crabbing, in an attempt to end cruelty to the creatures. They plan to leaflet ten thousand holidaymakers at the Norfolk resort...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
MANGALORE: Waning interest among students to take up Chemistry, Biology, and Zoology (CBZ) combination at undergraduate level in colleges affiliated to Mangalore University has, perhaps, reached an alarming stage. While one college has already ...
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Planet Lisp (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Sweet: “Seeking a programmer for bioinformatics applications. Will be working on the POY project which centers on creating evolutionary trees from genomic and other data. B.S/M.S. Degree in Computer Science or Engineering. Experienced with sizeable applications preferable in a functional language (ML, Lisp, Haskell, Ocaml) Experience in parallel computing, UNIX/LINUX environments.” link
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YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Scientists have discovered that there are more bee species than previously thought. In the first global accounting of bee species in over a hundred years, John S. Ascher, a research scientist in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, compiled online species pages and distribution maps for more than 19,200 described bee species, showcasing the diversity of these...
