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  • Wait, What? ex­tracur­ric­u­lar DNA (eDNA)

    Wait, What? ex­tracur­ric­u­lar DNA (eDNA)

    March 17, 2025January 22, 2026

    by Christoph — Among bi­ol­o­gists, DNA is a house­hold term, the acronym for des­oxyri­bonu­cleic acid, which hardly any­one pro­nounces in full. But can you find your way around the zoo of pre­fixes that are in use and in most cases are not sep­a­rated from 'DNA' by a hy­phen, as for ex­am­ple in Z‑DNA? cc­cDNA, rcDNA...

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  • Voy­age to See What's at the Bot­tom

    Voy­age to See What's at the Bot­tom

    December 7, 2017November 26, 2025

    by Roberto and Elio — Ever won­der what do the crea­tures liv­ing in ma­ri­ne sed­i­ment use as food sources? It turns out that much of the food in such sed­i­ments comes from the crea­tures that lived in the wa­ter col­umn, but then died and their re­mains sank to the bot­tom. The sink­ing ca­dav­ers may be as big as those of whales or as small as...

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