by Captain Skellett | Mar 26, 2012 | Drugs
Richard Spruce had seen some strange villages since arriving in South America in 1849, but this one took the cake. It was a ghost town. Every door was shut tight against the hot, humid jungle, while inside people slumbered away the sunlight. Being the adventurous...
by Captain Skellett | Apr 8, 2011 | Recent Research, Sex and Reproduction
When Brian Foy returned home to America from a field trip in Senegal, Africa, he didn’t know he was infected with the mosquito spread Zika virus. But just a few days later he was sick with extreme fatigue and joint pain, and so was his wife Chilson. A new study...
by Captain Skellett | Jun 22, 2009 | How Things Work
Following on from the theme of biological errors and the noise of life, I thought I’d talk about sickle cell anemia, quite a common ailment inherited Mendelian fashion through recessive genes. If you’re new (very new) to genetics, then check out a picture...
