Women are currently under-represented in scientific fields and have been for centuries . Despite the discriminatory challenges they face and the unfortunate tendency of the scientific community to not fully recognize their work, women have contributed to…
GMOs: next revolution or hazard to avoid?
GMOs are one of the most controversial subjects of recent years. So much, that not a month goes by without some kind of a scandal appearing in your local newspaper. For example, a moratorium on the use of GMOs has…
Are we responsible for the SARS-CoV2 pandemic?
Source of inspiration: “Les futures épidémies que nous vivrons” (Future epidemics we have yet to live through) from DirtyBiology These days our planet is threatened by society’s way of life. Some people try to protect the Earth by changing their…
What is cancer?
When hearing the word “cancer”, it is almost impossible not to feel cold chills down your back. Although the disease is widely known, what cancer actually is and how it works is not so clear to everyone. Therefore, we will…
Our cells are chimera
As described in our article about the origins of life, prokaryotes (cells without a nucleus) were surely the first living organisms on Earth. During the evolutionary process eukaryotes (cells with a nucleus) appeared as well. Many theories tried to…
Origins of life: Are we aliens?
What is the origin of life ? Day after day, scientific discoveries accumulate, allowing us to better understand our planet and our universe. The mapping of the human genome, the discovery of the Higgs Boson (the elementary particule that gives…
The central dogma of molecular biology
Biology sounds like a really vast and complicated subject for many people. And in many ways, it is. However, a large part of the knowledge in biology, or at least in molecular biology, builds up from a very simple principle…
Vaccination : How does it work ?
There is no doubt that the majority of the population believes in the effectiveness and benefits of vaccination, and thus agrees with the scientific community. However, majority does not mean totality: in the United States, up to 9% of the…