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Animal training
Animal training is the act of teaching an animal specific responses to conditions/stimuli. Training can be for companionship, detection, protection, or entertainment. The type of training a specific animal recieves varies depending on the training goal (i.e., a seeing eye dog will be trained differently than a dog on a police force).
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JUL 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos ...JUN 27, 2016Neuroscience
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Google engineered the first self-driving car, and now scientists have engineered the first self-driving surgical robot. ...APR 12, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
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Scientists in Australia are working to help preserve a species of reptile, monitor lizards (also known as goannas) that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 06, 2016Health & Medicine
Bullying is not about disliking or excluding someone. In fact, even if someone slaps another person, it wouldn’t n ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 10, 2015Plants & Animals
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The humble pigeon, commonly referenced as a public nuisance or a pea-brained "rat with wings," may have earned its most ...
JUL 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have laid the first bricks in the development of a vaccine against chlamydia – one of the mos
...
JUN 27, 2016
Neuroscience
Math is hard! That’s what teachers and parents hear a lot from kids, but while it definitely can be challenging fo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Fish are often seen as creatures with simple minds. Many even believe that they have short intention spans and short-ter
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
Kyrgyzstan’s President, Almazbek Atambayev, who took office in December 2011 has been making major strides f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
A new study has found that the clearing, draining and burning of peat swamps for plantations and construction is the mos
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
SeaWorld is a popular attraction for visitors, but their orca division has been under fire by the media, as well as ex-f
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 26, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s a number that gets repeated over and over, 1 in 68. That’s the estimate of the Centers for Disease Cont
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 24, 2016
Videos
In the animal kingdom, few species actually run for fun. Humans are the exception - we push our bodies to the extreme by
...
MAY 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
Dentist trips are never fun, but fortunately you don’t have teeth the size of an elephant, which are significantly
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Google engineered the first self-driving car, and now scientists have engineered the first self-driving surgical robot.
...
APR 12, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Not unlike technology straight out of science fiction, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have develop
...
APR 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
When you think of dogs, you probably think of the various different kinds of breeds there are. Among one of the most wel
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 26, 2016
Plants & Animals
Cats and dogs seem to be the bane of each others’ existence. Dogs can’t help by bark at cats, and cats can&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2016
Neuroscience
The reasons people do the things they do are often the focus of research in neuroscience. Especially where violent behav
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Young adults who suffer from depression saw a 40 percent reduction in symptoms when they did meditation and aerobic exer
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
As you start across the street, out of the corner of your eye, you spot something moving toward you. Instantly, your bra
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 15, 2016
Plants & Animals
Dogs are man’s best friend; they are always around even when our friends aren’t, and they’re loyal to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
The next time you’re home sick with a massive cold or the flu, cuddle up with your dog or cat. It will cheer you u
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
Scientists in Australia are working to help preserve a species of reptile, monitor lizards (also known as goannas) that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 06, 2016
Health & Medicine
Bullying is not about disliking or excluding someone. In fact, even if someone slaps another person, it wouldn’t n
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 10, 2015
Plants & Animals
Just three days ago, The Philippine Eagle Foundation reported on the addition of yet another eaglet of the critically en
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 08, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sepsis is one of the most serious medical conditions that can scare even the best-trained doctors. When sepsis hits, thi
...
DEC 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
A three-year-old domestic cat named Vincent was born with an abnormality where he didn’t have full working hind le
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 21, 2015
Videos
The humble pigeon, commonly referenced as a public nuisance or a pea-brained "rat with wings," may have earned its most
...