DU Found In The Semen Of US Gulf War Veterans

DU can reside in the testicles where it emits radiation that may cause genetic health effects. Female veterans are THREE TIMES as likely to have children with birth defects because of damage to the ovum and sperm.

UBC researchers map genetic blueprint for tree - Vancouver Sun (subscription)

" Scientists identify more than 45,000 genes in the black cottonwood. Now their challenge is to figure out what each of those genes does View Larger Image 'In tree biology, this is equivalent to sequencing the first human genome,' says UBC forest scientist and botanist Joerg...

Key to invasive weeds may be locked in genes, says UBC prof (Vancouver Province)

" The lowly sunflower has climbed up the botanical hierarchy thanks to the work of a UBC professor who is unlocking its role in weed control and species evolution. Prof. Loren Rieseberg is trying to find the genes that make weeds the invasive pests that cost North America...

You get the gay from your brothers

"You get the gay from your brothers. Or maybe not."

DNA shows man a descendant of Genghis Khan

"AP - Tom Robinson had long wondered about his family tree. He never suspected its roots might lie in the Mongolian steppe."

Researchers look to termites in bid to find biofuels for cars

Microbiologists are looking for the keys to an energy revolution.