Alan Wiseman,Len Woods
Alan Wiseman
Graduates without honour [0.03%]
不光彩的毕业生
John Henshaw
John Henshaw
Derek Burke
Derek Burke
Lessons from the wild turkey [0.03%]
火鸡的启示
P T Bromley
P T Bromley
Fifty years ago, the American wild turkey survived in isolated, small populations. Now an estimated 5.6 million birds are spread across the continental United States (minus Alaska) and Ontario, Canada.
D Payne
D Payne
Major John A (Anthony) Hunt OBE (1906 - 1986) was a professional geologist who spent part of his working life in the oil fields of the world and a further highly significant period of 28 years (1936 - 58) as a Colonial Administrative Servic...
J L Howland
J L Howland
When biologists encounter microbes flourishing in boiling water and other extreme habitats, they often consider such creatures as merely odd, and only search for possible protective mechanisms. But it may also be that extreme habitats resem...
S Biswas,F Harris,D A Phoenix
S Biswas
The current surgical approach to treating cataracts could become a thing of the past if preventative, drug-based therapies were developed. The role of proteases in cataract formation is becoming clear and may offer new pharmaceutical target...
S A Jassim,M A Naji
S A Jassim
The camel's contribution to desert life dwindles as modern transport offers alternatives for crossing the desert. Yet recent insights into the camel's immune system have shown that this animal may still play an important role in the future ...
G Lomonossoff
G Lomonossoff
As with animals, plants are susceptible to viral diseases. Until recently, plant viruses had no direct bearing on animal health, though the crop losses they can cause may have indirect effects. However, recent advances in recombinant DNA te...
D Yalden
D Yalden
Wild boar Sus scrofa were early natives of the British Isles, survived through to Norman times as beast of the chase, and died out only 300 years ago, if popular mythology is to be believed. Now they are back, in a remarkable, unplanned. Re...