Paleontology

A Gene Map for the Cute Side of the Family (New York Times)

13 May 2008

The genetic map for a cute, yet unique, creature turned more heads than those maps for less-interesting creatures.

The Number Of Fat Cells Remains Constant In All Body Types (Medical News Today)

12 May 2008

The radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and '60s has helped researchers determine that the number of fat cells in a human's body, whether lean or obese, is established during the teenage years. Changes in fat mass in adulthood can be attributed mainly to changes in fat cell volume, not an increase in the actual number of fat cells.

English Channel coast bursts with of fossils (San Francisco Chronicle)

11 May 2008

At first glance, it looks like another pebbly English beach - what the Brits call a "shingle beach": an expanse of gray-white rocks stretching from the white, chalky cliff faces on one side to the choppy waters of the English Channel on the other. But then,...