A study published in June by the American Physiological Society showed that mice that were given the vitamin-like compound quercetin were more resistant to the flu.¹ Quercetin is found in a variety of fruits and vegetables and was known to have medicinal properties prior to this study.

A gecko foot encased in amber has been dubbed the oldest gecko fossil ever discovered, according to researchers from Oregon State University and the Natural History Museum in London.¹ The amber deposits containing the remarkably well-preserved fossil, discovered in Myanmar, are said to be around 100 million years old, which would double the “date” of the earliest-known gecko, making

Elderly people without dementia show patterns of cognitive decline in the years prior to death, a new study published in Neurology magazine indicates.¹ This sheds some interesting light on a particular passage in Genesis.

An exhibition favoring evolution has opened to coincide with the “Year of Evolution,” a celebration being held from April 2008 to May 2009 by the University of Pennsylvania and various Philadelphia organizations to commemorate the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, as well as the 1859 publication of his landmark book On the Origin of Species.¹

A new study out of the University of Rochester has revealed that more people have perfect pitch than was expected. Perfect, or “absolute,” pitch is the ability to recognize or produce a specific musical note without a known reference and has traditionally been associated with musically trained individuals.