‘Glowing’ Transgenic Monkeys Carrying Green Fluorescent Protein Gene Pave Way For New Disease Models
A transgenic line of monkeys carrying a gene encoding green fluorescent protein fully integrated into their DNA has been created for the first time. The research, published in the journal Nature, marks the first such feat in non-human primates and paves the [...]

 
CRAZY… who knew? couldn’t tell by the appearance right?
A new article in PLoS Biology explores exactly what distinguishes the human genome from that of the lab mouse. In the first comprehensive comparison between the genes of mice and humans, scientists from institutions across America, Sweden and the UK reveal that there are more genetic differences [...]

 
Neurobiology Of Musicality Related To Intrinsic Attachment Behavior
Music is social communication between individuals — humming of lullabies attach infant to parent and singing or playing music adds croup cohesion.The neurobiology of music perception and production is likely to be related to the pathways affecting intrinsic attachment behavior, suggests a recent Finnish study. The study gives [...]

 
WHICH ONE IS THE LEMUR!!!!!!!
A third species of Palaeopropithecus, an extinct group of large lemurs, has just been uncovered in the northwest of Madagascar by a Franco-Madagascan team. Dubbed Palaeopropithecus kelyus, this new specimen is smaller than the two species of these ‘large sloth lemurs’ already known and its diet made up of harder-textured foodstuffs. [...]

Sauropods Held Their Heads High, Research Finds
Famous depictions of the largest of all known dinosaurs, from film and television to museum skeletons, have almost certainly got it wrong, according to new research.

Laughter
Though we differ in the way we look and things we believe in, there’s something we all share: emotion. Human emotion is innate in all of us; it’s something we’re born with and something we die with. Happiness, sadness, love, hatred, worries, and indifference – these are things that constantly occur in our daily lives. [...]

Two pieces of the new “Jolt” caffeine energy gum are equal to a cup of coffee  
Doctors have warned about the risks from “energy” chewing gum, citing the case of a 13-year-old boy who became moody and listless from caffeine intoxication.

An iceberg is pictured in Ilulissat fjord in Greenland
New York, Boston and other cities on North America’s northeast coast could face a rise in sea level this century that would exceed forecasts for the rest of the planet if Greenland’s ice sheet keeps melting as fast as it is now, researchers said on Wednesday.
Sea levels [...]

Missing fingerprints 
Thousands of cancer patients face delays at airport security because a common drug can destroy their fingerprints, it has emerged.
One man was held by U.S. immigration officials for four hours before they allowed him into the country.

 
Japanese scientists announced  they had created the world’s first transgenic primates, breeding monkeys with a gene that made the animals’ skin glow a fluorescent green.
In a controversial achievement, Japanese scientists announced on Wednesday they had created the world’s first transgenic primates, breeding monkeys with a gene that made the animals’ skin glow a fluorescent green.

This little guy looks like a cartoon character! He’s a Pygmy Jerboa that happens to be quite comical and cute to observe.

Does lack of cash flow produce bad breath?

As if looming unemployment were not enough to cause sleepless nights for legions of the country’s businessmen, they are now falling victim to an unfortunate side effect of work-related stress.
Ichiro Saito, a professor of dentistry at Tsurumi University, said that he has witnessed a dramatic increase in the [...]

Twinkle, Twinkle, Pretty Shower…
This shower head has 96 programmable LEDs of various colors to provide a surreal shower-in-the-dark experience. Sounds pretty cool until you realize that this experience will cost you over four grand US. £2,799.00, to be exact.