Archive for the 'better living through biological science' Category

A spoonful of sugar makes the E. coli go down…

A Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down The medicine go down-wown The medicine go down Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down In a most delightful way We've all heard the song "A Spoonful of Sugar" from the movie "Mary Poppins." Now replace the word "medicine" with "E. coli" and you've got an entirely [...]

More is not always better

Thirty nine years ago, Lesley and John Brown began their quest to try and start a family. For nine long years they tried repeatedly, and had failed at their attempts to have children. Lesley discovered that her fallopian tubes were blocked and would not allow an egg to travel from its location [...]

Building the better cow, or chicken, or dog, or crop…

We are about to begin one of my absolute favorite curriculum units in the entire world...honestly, it ranks right up there with evolution as some of my favorite stuff to teach in biology. Next week, we begin our study of Mendelian and molecular genetics. And not surprisingly, I've already got fodder for a [...]