Sex-Switching Mosquito Gene Could Help Fight Dengue Fever


The male mosquito is relatively benign. It is the females that are a danger to human beings and human health. Scientists at Virginia Tech have checked out a gene in mosquitoes that determines the sex...

Will Anthropocene be the official scientific designation for the Age of Man?


Humanity's impact on the environmental world seems to be heralding a new scientific epoch.According to the Smithsonian Magazine, the Smithsonian Institute's issued its first official statement about...