Is it possible something awful lives at the bottom of Lake Tahoe? [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2008 - 18 answers

Want to become a high school biology teacher in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul). The problem seems to be that no school offers this certification. [more inside]
posted on Jul 14, 2008 - 4 answers

I am 36 years old and I want a career change. [more inside]
posted on Jun 17, 2008 - 7 answers

I am looking for experiments, useful tricks, and fun things to try out, using my biological cycles, chemistry and anatomy. [more inside]
posted on Jun 16, 2008 - 11 answers

Do Gopher Snakes truly "imitate" Rattlesnakes or could they somehow be genetically related? [more inside]
posted on May 17, 2008 - 11 answers

Good way to get 'refreshed' on Biology? I took 1st year BIO 8 years ago. I'm taking the second semester this summer and don't want to be completely lost. What are some good ways (whether online, dvd, book, etc) to get this done? I'll probably go to a Bio 1 class and pick up the syllabus, but would like some suggestions. I'll have about 6 weeks to do the 'refresh'
posted on May 4, 2008 - 6 answers

How does the caterpillar become the butterfly (why does one part of the chrysalis know to become a leg, and another a wing)? Is it as simple/complicated as the cell division of a human fetus? Does the transformation of this jelly into a butterfly occur from the head down, or all at once? Anyone? [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 11 answers

i want something sort of like this, only more to my liking. recommendations, please. [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 4 answers

I just found out that I have an phone interview for a faculty (assistant professor) position (biology) at a liberal-arts college this Wednesday afternoon. Yay! But I've never actually had a formal interview before. Help! Also, I'm pregnant. Questions and advice requests inside. [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 23 answers

I'm going to college soon. (Age 24; been working a desk job in health care since I was 18.) I've got an inkling I want to study biology. Recommend me some books to help me get the lay of the land and get fired up about this. [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 23 answers

How can I find a summer program where I can provide medical care overseas, without any actual medical training? [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2008 - 6 answers

How has our understanding of Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, etc. changed in the last five years? [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 15 answers

How can I get a digital copy of my own DNA? How much will it cost? Is the cost likely to become reasonable any time soon? [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 19 answers

Help me find a book about evolution by Kirchner. [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2008 - 4 answers

Name-my-major, Hivemind. So I go to an unusual school in that we don't have clear-cut majors, and we basically pick an area of "focus". I'm actually currently (unofficially) studying my own brain, because it's strangely hampered in certain capacities (like the process of reading music, despite being very musical and understanding cognitively exactly what's going on), or performing basic math (despite endless repetition). It's also weirdly bolstered in other regards: I have an unbelievable propensity for forming the visual "distortions" one might associate with hallucinogens. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 14 answers

Apparently, ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny! Which I can only assume means something! [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 16 answers

Scientific History Filter / Native German Speaker Filter. What did Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard's 1985 exclamation, "Das war ja toll!" mean? [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 11 answers

I have a question about persistence of vision and flashing lights... There will be maths and biology involved. [more inside]
posted on Feb 6, 2008 - 3 answers

How long does an allergen remain allergenic? [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2008 - 3 answers

At a cocktail party last weekend, an Anthropologist was telling me about an experiment/study where people were shown videos of various animals preying on one another, and then measured their reactions. The findings, he contends, were that humans were largely more sympathetic to the deaths of animals more similar to themselves (i.e. sharing a more recent common ancestor). What is this study, what is this area of research called, and where can I read more about it? [more inside]
posted on Jan 18, 2008 - 8 answers

Massive, gorgeous book of illustrated biological species and specimens, possibly Victorian-era, found at Z Gallerie a year or so ago -- help! [more inside]
posted on Jan 16, 2008 - 8 answers

How does hair know how long to grow? [more inside]
posted on Jan 10, 2008 - 9 answers

Why do people like certain body types - depending on what culture they grow up in? [more inside]
posted on Jan 6, 2008 - 12 answers

What can I do with a BS in biology? [more inside]
posted on Nov 27, 2007 - 29 answers

I'd like to learn about SVM, HMM and wavelet algorithms in their usage in bioinformatics. I have a somewhat rudimentary understanding of the underlying mathematics from Wikipedia and a couple other sources, but I find that a concrete demonstration of their application fleshes it out. Are there texts, software packages (preferably free) or papers you'd recommend that: 1) includes good starter problem sets, or; 2) demonstrates how these techniques are used in research applications (beyond "we used xyz here"). Thanks!
posted on Nov 24, 2007 - 7 answers

I have been given the task of designing questions for the biology portion of an 8th grade science competition. Unfortunately I don't know what today's 8th graders are learning in biology, and the people running the competition aren't being much help. [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 6 answers

What is a good book about modern evolutionary theories? [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 15 answers

I need teaching resources about race: the biology of human "races"; why "race" is not biological but social; how racial categories have shifted over time and place; and related questions on teaching about race? This is as a supplement to reading The Mismeasure of Man in a university "Critical Thinking" class. I need more science and verifiable cross-cultural examples to back up my "there are no biological races" claim. [more inside]
posted on Nov 5, 2007 - 38 answers

What are some good free online study guides/helps for Chemistry and Biology?
posted on Nov 3, 2007 - 5 answers

I am looking for gardening experiments [more inside]
posted on Oct 21, 2007 - 9 answers

Looking for environment/ecology volunteering opportunities in Africa. [more inside]
posted on Oct 13, 2007 - 3 answers

Is there scientific evidence that animals have an innate/instinctual urge to reproduce? Is there scientific evidence that it is the same in humans? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2007 - 45 answers

What is the evolutionary relevance of PMS?
posted on Jul 2, 2007 - 49 answers

Icthyoid anatomy question: what are these things inside fish skulls? [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2007 - 8 answers

Please help me keep my science education going while I trot around the globe. [more inside]
posted on May 12, 2007 - 10 answers

Would vacuum damage a corpse? This is actually a scientific research question (at the end of the explanations). [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2007 - 20 answers

Is bio research what I should do with my life? [more inside]
posted on Apr 8, 2007 - 16 answers

I'm interested in cells. As many different types as can be identified, and the more specific the better. Preferably mammalian, certainly vertebrate (otherwise the the list would be too big!). [more inside]
posted on Mar 8, 2007 - 16 answers

Why are there no freshwater squid?
posted on Mar 1, 2007 - 9 answers

First off, please excuse me for being a Biology ignorant. I seem to remember reading somewhere that men are so intelligent today because of they high protein consumption, in form of meat, which caused the brain to grow during evolution, making our species more intelligent than the others. If this is true, why don't we have superintelligent lions and other carnivore animals walking on twos and building cities and electing the mayor in Lionland, PA? They eat way more meat than we do.
posted on Feb 23, 2007 - 33 answers

"A human is halfway in size between an atom and the known universe"... This is a paraphrased quote I have come across several times. I like it. Who said it first? How true is it in the most literal sense? And, finally, what errors arrive in postulating a universe, or an atom, which can be measured AT ALL from our singular, relativistic, perspective? [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2007 - 14 answers

Is it foolhardy to pursue such different double majors as graphic design and neuroscience? [more inside]
posted on Feb 15, 2007 - 38 answers

Were Native American men (before any intermingling with other peoples) really unable to grow facial hair? [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2007 - 15 answers

SpoiledFruitFilter: If one of the blueberries in the batch has grown mold, are they all tainted? [more inside]
posted on Jan 24, 2007 - 16 answers

TissueCultureFilter: Does anyone know the etymology behind calling cell scrapers 'policemen'? [more inside]
posted on Nov 21, 2006 - 5 answers

Why can't vaccination encourage the evolution of viral potency?
posted on Oct 5, 2006 - 16 answers

Does anyone have advice for a thirty-something with an art history degree who wants to go back to school for a B.S. in biology? [more inside]
posted on Oct 5, 2006 - 8 answers

How often is a human body completely "new"? Or: No cell composing my body existed a month, a year, [the time I'm looking for] ago. [more inside]
posted on Oct 5, 2006 - 22 answers

Why can your heart carry on beating when you've stopped breathing but not the other way round?
posted on Sep 7, 2006 - 10 answers

Why do humans and animals(?) urinate from their sex organs? Are these two bodily functions in some way related? Are their examples of animals that pee & have sex with parts of their bodies that are spaced far apart? [more inside]
posted on Jul 22, 2006 - 32 answers