Search Results for 'Body'

Blind Cave Fish May Shed Light on Human Body Clocks

Blind cave fish have spent millions of years in the dark underground with no concept of day and night, yet scientists have found that they still maintain a working biological clock. Researchers say that learning more about how these eyele [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

What Everybody Ought to Know About Chemistry

Have you ever met someone that right from the start you hit it off with? The interaction just flowed and you weren't doing anything but being who you are. You laughed, smiled, told jokes, told stories and for just a fleeting [...]

Posted On : Jul, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

170,000-year-old origins of clothes are revealed... thanks t...

Humans began wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago, scientists claim. The development allowed our ancestors to keep warm at the start of the second most recent ice age, and allowed them to spread beyond Africa. Scientists arrived at th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Genetic Research Spurs Fight Over Patents Tied to the Body

The mapping of the human genome has created enticing possibilities for the early detection of grave diseases. Genetic research, however, has run headlong into a tricky legal issue: Should human genes ever be the subject of patent protection [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Scientists quit government drugs body over David Nutt sackin...

The Government is facing mass resignations from the official advisory body on drugs after the sacking of its chairman, The Times has learnt. Two members of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs quit yesterday in protest at Alan [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

The brain-body connection.

Scientist wondered why does each half of the brain control the opposite side of the body? It is true that nerve fibers from the right side of the brain cross over to the left side of the body and vice versa. But according to neuroscie [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2007 | Comments : 0

Musculoskeletal System - A Body in Movement

Musculoskeletal system of the body is one of those important ones, through which every body movement is made possible.All 206 bones in the human body are linked with the muscles in some way or the other which enables the bones to move and [...]

Posted On : Jun, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

Organization of the Animal Body

Animals are multicellular heterotrophs whose cells lack cell walls. At some point during their lives, all animals are capable of movement, although not all animals have muscles they use for this. In the most commonly encountered animals, th [...]