State to loosen limits on crabbing
Making good on a campaign pledge to look out for Maryland's watermen, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s administration plans to ease crabbing restrictions imposed by his predecessor to protect Chesapeake...
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Still searching for the secrets of life
For most scientists, a Nobel Prize is the capstone of a career. But in the 50 years since their breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA, James D. Watson and...
Miracle molecule
STATE OF THE ART Agriculture People have been genetically modifying plants and livestock for centuries through selective breeding, but the deciphering of DNA's structure opened the door to much more...
Once just a messenger, RNA finds a higher profile
For decades, scientists have neglected RNA molecules, assuming that they were little more than messengers carrying genetic instructions from DNA to manufacture the proteins that rule our lives. Now, thanks...
$50 million pledged to fight lead poisoning
Vowing to end the scourge of childhood lead poisoning in Maryland, Gov. Parris N. Glendening and Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley pledged yesterday to pour $50 million over the next three...