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Husband-and-wife scientists share a passion for sea slugs

And if she’s lucky, someone might ask about her other passion: sea slugs ... test tubes and pipe cleaners, the two scientists also expect to employ dozens of sea slugs — harmless, fist-sized invertebr... read more

The art of algorithms: How automation is affecting creativity

A few days after Google debuted AutoDraw, it revealed some other research its scientists have been carrying out ... which makes it even less intelligent than a sea slug, which has 18,000 neurons in it... read more

Transcript - Episode 36

For the Love of Clivias: Angus Stewart visits a woman with a passion for tough and colourful clivia ... This is Limonium perezii, (Sea Lavender) an ideal cut flower because of the long stems - perfect ... read more

Robert Heilman, 98, had passion for writing, football

A collection of his correspondence with philosopher and political scientist Eric Voegelin was published this ... this university will always share in it." Beatrice Roethke Lushington, Roethke's widow, ... read more

Flying Through The Catacombs

These days, the Internet abounds with lucid dreaming forums where people share their experiences and help one another ... control behavior in the sea slug. Learning about how neurons control behavior ... read more

Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late January

But despite the scenes of horror, this is not a horror story nor a strongly depressing one, because it accepts the point of view that both characters share – rejecting the ... obviously have no vision ... read more

Broader career choices on the horizon?

Rather than getting fixated on one approach, it's better for scientists to get broader training that puts ... Others in my department are studying learning and memory in sea slugs (aplysia) and songbi... read more

Honorary degrees awarded at Commencement

Today, the Aga Khan — a father of four whose passion is raising and racing thoroughbred horses ... Working with the simple neural system of a sea slug, Kandel unraveled how both short-term and long-te... read more

3D printed, Creeping, Crawling Biohybrid Slug

From biohybrid stingrays, to bio-hybrid slugs. Scientists seem to be developing quite the collection of robotic sea creatures! Phd student Victoria Webster of Case Western Reserve University, is curre... read more

The value of exploring jellyfish eyes: Scientist-penned book supports “curiosity-driven” research

The book, called Jellyfish Have Eyes, is set in the near future and follows a scientist who gets into serious legal ... which set the stage for gene therapy. Sea slugs—snails without shells—revealed m... read more

Back by popular demand: the Venezuelan poodle moth

It is hard to believe that I have been sharing my passion for comparative physiology and its application ... I was browsing through The Scientist and came across this image of a Venezuelan poodle moth ... read more

Spring Titles -- What's New On The Booksellers' Shelves

The classics scholar who gave us "Love Story" can't stay away from pulp fiction, this time with a saga about three scientists competing for love ... seagoing series will rejoice - "The Wine-Dark Sea" ... read more