#biology (5 links)

• Promethease promethease.com

  Promethease is a literature retrieval system that builds a personal DNA report based on connecting a file of DNA genotypes to the scientific findings cited in SNPedia.

  16 Sept 2018 #biology#genetics#23andme
• News For Curious Cooks news.curiouscook.com

  Harold McGee (author of "On Food and Cooking") is blogging. Brilliant.

  11 Mar 2010 #science #food #cooking #biology #recipes#gastronomy#haroldmcgee #blog
• Lazarus taxon en.wikipedia.org

  In paleontology, a Lazarus taxon (plural taxa) is a taxon that disappears from one or more periods of the fossil record, only to appear again later.

  8 Feb 2010 #science #education #evolution #biology #wikipedia#taxon#paleontology
• The Observer | Food monthly | If MSG is so bad for you, why doesn't everyone in Asia have a headache? observer.guardian.co.uk

  11 Jul 2005 #biology#asian #cooking #food #health #science#msg
• A Critic Takes On the Logic of Female Orgasm - New York Times nytimes.com

  Darwinian logic behind the female orgasm has remained elusive. Women can have sexual intercourse and even become pregnant - doing their part for the perpetuation of the species - without experiencing orgasm. So what is its evolutionary purpose?

  18 May 2005#boingboing #top #sex#orgasm #biology #evolution #science