If you鈥檙e not particularly salmon savvy you may be under the impression that 鈥渟almon鈥� is an individual species of fish, like how a black bear is an individual species of bear. That, however, is not...
It was from these animals that back in the late 1800s American veterinarian Daniel Salmon isolated the bacteria that were eventually named after him. 鈥淪almonella鈥� actually refers to a species of...
Our bodies and fishes鈥� (yes, fishes is a grammatically correct plural form of fish) bodies as well need water. Without it, the chemical reactions that take place constantly in our bodies would have...
A substance is said to exhibit thermochromism if it changes colour according to temperature. The most popular example of this is mood rings, the hot fashion item of the 70s. These pieces of jewelry...
If you watched the summer聽blockbuster Dunkirk, you may have been left with the same question as one of our readers: what is sea foam and why was there so much of it at Dunkirk?
Fishermen tend to embellish the size of their catch, hence the expression 鈥渇ish tale鈥� for exaggerated stories like the ones making the rounds about tilapia, a fish that is increasingly showing up...
Is fish really brain food? P.G. Wodehouse certainly thought so. In his wonderful 鈥淛eeves鈥� stories, Bertie Wooster encourages his brainy butler to eat more fish whenever a particularly challenging...
During a public lecture on genetic modification I described an experiment that involved enriching soybeans with the amino acid methionine. Soybeans are widely used to raise animals but are low in...
RSS