Natural Science Forum / Biology / Biology / June 2005

After recent BBC and TimesOnline news articles saying how beneficial Aloe
Vera is I have been trying to find an organic, chemical free supplier.
I have found one that says they use lemon juice to stabilise their product
but another manufacturer, (who uses chemicals) says that's ...

Now this is one to look at:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7555
Women who are able to bear children beyond age 45 are able to do so
because of better self-repair mechanisms in their bodies.

I know the word affordable is relative, so for this discussion lets say
the sub $1000 price range. I have tail feathers from a companion bird I
lost about a month ago and I'm considering sending one of them off to
get DNA warehousing done, if cloning became affordable and the cloned

Which optimal size should have the aquarium for two adult fish[*] of
the district-forming kind Ancistrus dolichopterus? From expert side I
received different data. Any from experience won suggestions?
[*] One of our Ancistrus dolichopterus is hunting the other one.

It seems to me curious that the body ageing is supposed to be down to the
cells not being able to reproduce themselves exactly. It's a game of
biological whispers.
Yet, an egg coming together with a sperm produces a youthful looking child,

Yes, but they are invisible, so we don't see them !

A few weeks back I was pondering how a cat is able to capture a rabbit
which is almost equal in size and weight and considering that a mature
rabbit would have some acceleration and kick if pounced upon by a cat
and whether those claws and the bite on the neck can subdue the rabbit

Yep, the annual tradition of recognizing the the reality-challenged
among us is nearly upon us, so I want to remind you that you should
your supplies to mark the day soon!

Question: do you think with biotechnology carnivores can be transformed
into herbivores?
Like the panda bear once was a carnivore but with evolution transferred
into a herbivore. Is not it the promise of biotechnology that now we

Anyone got any info.about the speculative proposal to design a molecule
that stored vast amounts of oxygen(a kind of superhaemoglobin
mimic),and could be used to save human life by injecting it into a
person who's heart has stopped.?