Biomedicine & Biotech

If the thought of conceiving in space or the potential of one day giving birth there seem unimaginable and far-fetched notions, then think again. NASA is already studying the possibility.

How time flies, just a short 200 years since Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, electrifying the world with a new version of the tale of Prometheus and the quest for fire.

Until now, the identity of a century old discovery of a 4,000-year-old decapitated Egyptian human mummy head eluded researchers.

Monsanto, perhaps to rebrand itself, and certainly to remain a leader in agricultural biotech has helped establish and fund Pairwise Plants a start-up using CRISPR-Cas9 technologies to modify seeds.

Since snakes can't chew, in order to eat they swallow their food whole.

Consider the classics of elementary school science, watching tadpoles magically change into frogs and often, at this time of year, the hatching of baby chicks. Those denied these pleasures can find a variety of birds hatching across the Internet.

Most of us are familiar with the stereotypical seizure perpetuated by Hollywood where the protagonist convulses in a dramatic, often traumatizing way.

The discovery that wounds in the fetus can heal without scarring has prompted scientists to work on designing new biomaterials based on the properties of the fetal skin as promising regenerative strategies. 

After consulting experts in molecular biology, microbiology, toxicology, chemistry and nutrition and ignoring precautionary principle claims by anti-science activists,

Yes, snakes can be good mothers too, according to recent research published in the Journal of Zoology.