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Nature includes all the natural, physical, and material phenomena in the universe. The term is usually used to refer to plants, animals, and geology in our natural environment.
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APR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 02, 2015Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 01, 2015Cardiology
A pouch-like structure inside the heart's left atrial chamber in some people may explain strokes that otherwise lack an ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 01, 2015Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 01, 2015Cancer
The body's immune system fights disease, infections and even cancer, acting like foot soldiers to protect against invade ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 31, 2015Neuroscience
Even before Ronald Reagan became the oldest elected president, his mental state was a political issue. His adversaries o ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
New research has identified some of the processes by which molecules associated with neurological diseases can disrupt t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Microbiology
Researchers have have developed a new computational model that effectively simulates the mechanical behavior of biofilms ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
Researchers in Denmark have revealed how porpoises finely adjust the beams of sound they use to hunt. The animals hunt w ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 30, 2015Neuroscience
French prosecutors have reported that first officer Andreas Lubitz appeared to want to destroy the aircraft carrying 149 ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 30, 2015Earth & The Environment
A new all-time temperature record for an entire continent is a rare event. But that may have happened for the continent ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Space & Astronomy
The brilliant explosions of dead stars have been used for years to illuminate the far-flung reaches of our cosmos. The e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Cancer
Wait before you whack that toad. Not only is it frowned upon to kill cane toads inhumanely, but the amphibian's venom co ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Health & Medicine
When Scott J. Kelly goes up to the International Space Station - he and two Russian astronauts are scheduled to launch o ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Using a novel approach that homes in on rare families severely affected by autism, a Johns Hopkins-led team of researche ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Plants & Animals
When bats take wing looking for food, they're often at close quarters with one another, and a new study has determined h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 02, 2015
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 01, 2015
Cardiology
A pouch-like structure inside the heart's left atrial chamber in some people may explain strokes that otherwise lack an
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 01, 2015
Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 01, 2015
Cancer
The body's immune system fights disease, infections and even cancer, acting like foot soldiers to protect against invade
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 31, 2015
Neuroscience
Even before Ronald Reagan became the oldest elected president, his mental state was a political issue. His adversaries o
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
New research has identified some of the processes by which molecules associated with neurological diseases can disrupt t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers have have developed a new computational model that effectively simulates the mechanical behavior of biofilms
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
Researchers in Denmark have revealed how porpoises finely adjust the beams of sound they use to hunt. The animals hunt w
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
French prosecutors have reported that first officer Andreas Lubitz appeared to want to destroy the aircraft carrying 149
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A new all-time temperature record for an entire continent is a rare event. But that may have happened for the continent
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The brilliant explosions of dead stars have been used for years to illuminate the far-flung reaches of our cosmos. The e
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new resear
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Cancer
Wait before you whack that toad. Not only is it frowned upon to kill cane toads inhumanely, but the amphibian's venom co
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
When Scott J. Kelly goes up to the International Space Station - he and two Russian astronauts are scheduled to launch o
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...
A recent ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Using a novel approach that homes in on rare families severely affected by autism, a Johns Hopkins-led team of researche
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Plants & Animals
When bats take wing looking for food, they're often at close quarters with one another, and a new study has determined h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim