Most people who are interested in malaria are concerned with regions with really high transmission.  These are areas, such as sub-Saharan A...

For the last few hours a very drafty post has been up... whoops! Took it down. Official post on "Evolution's P.R. problem" com...

Merdog. ( source ) We're thrilled when people who are looking to learn something land on our blog. We have good reason to assume t...

Our university's PIO (public information officer) knows I care about and get a kick out of outreach so he sets me up with folks who are ...

Yesterday we made the predictions  of the breed signatures we'd find in our dogs' DNA. If you didn't already, please conside...

[Click here to skip to  Part 2 and Part 3 ] You might remember Murphy and Elroy from the time we used science  to solve the book-eating m...

Honeybee: Wikimedia Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a sudden dying-out of a honeybee colony.  Among other things, the bees--of most or...