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Neanderthals are our hominid relatives with whom we shared the Mediterranean region for several thousand years before began to be supplanted by modern man around 45,000 years ago and became extinct shortly thereafter. There are a number of questions regarding their fate, the biggest being why modern humans were ultimately more successful than neanderthals. Some [...]

“There’s no map
To human behaviour
They’re terribly moody
Then all of a sudden turn happy…”
Bjork – “Human Behavior”
Evolution of species is driven by selective forces, usually changes in the environment that require a species to adapt or to die out. For example, a plant may be living happily in a marshy environment, perfectly adapted to a wet [...]

[tag]Breast cancer[/tag] is the leading cause of [tag]cancer[/tag] death among women world wide. Like all types of cancer it is notoriously difficult to cure because it is not a simple disease – like a bacterial infection – rather it is a complex failure in cell regulation. This failure results in a single rogue cell that [...]

My training as a scientist is in [tag]plant genetics[/tag], but my [tag]Science[/tag] Tuesday posts to date have all been medical in nature. This is because science that has a direct impact on people is “sexier”. This week, however, I’ve started feeling some guilt about spurning my botanical roots (pun intended) in favor of the glamour [...]

“The sea is a very easy place to disappear
To drift away, to fall in love or make your peace…”
-Porno for Pyros – “Tahitian Moon”
It’s pretty amazing to think that humans had colonized most of the far flung islands of the [tag]Pacific[/tag] by 900 AD without the aid of modern navigation tools. I have been fascinated [...]