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Story Created: Apr 14, 2014 at 5:03 PM EDT Story Updated: Apr 14, 2014 at 5:46 PM EDT (WKTV) - One group of students decided to keep learning, even though their schools were on break. Third, fourth and fifth graders learned all about embryology at Cornell Cooperative Extension on Monday. It's part of 4-H Science Days, and each day is a different lesson. On Monday, the children walked into a room and saw a chicken egg at every stage of development -- from the moment it was fertilized until 21 days later. "This is 4-H at its finest," said Kristi Cranwell, a 4-H educator. "You get a lot of hands on. The students actually get to see the embryos as they're developing. They're learning about chicks and chickens and how they develop in the egg." On Tuesday, Cornell Cooperative Extension is offering a program on textiles, and on Wednesday, the students explore outer space. If you're interested in your child attending, call 736-3394. The programs run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. More here: 4-H program teaches children science on spring break … Continue reading →

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have published research in the leading academic journal Science that challenges a long held belief about the way certain species of vertebrates evolved. Dr Matt Loose and Dr Andrew Johnson who are experts in genetics and cell development in the School of Life Sciences carried out the research, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC). It suggests that genes evolve more rapidly in species containing germ plasm. The results came about as they put to the test a novel theory that early developmental events dramatically alter the vertebrate body plan and the way evolution proceeds. The original theory was proposed by Dr Johnson over 10 years ago. His view is that the relationship between the germ line (hereditary germ cells that create sperm and eggs) and the soma (cells which form the body of an organism) also impacts on species diversity. He argues that once a species evolves a substance called germ plasm, germ cells are independent of other cells, so constraints on somatic development are liberated and this enhances a species ability to evolve. As a result, he says, vertebrates such as frogs, fruit flies and birds, which look unlike their ancestors, came … Continue reading →