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Animals: are multicellular organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development.
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FEB 04, 2020Plants & Animals
When large schools of sardines materialize in the oceans, it can be a spectacular sight. In some cases, however, the sig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 03, 2020Microbiology
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii is thought to infect from one-quarter to one-third of the global population.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Polar bears realize that food can be scarce at times, and that’s a problem considering just how much they like to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 02, 2020Earth & The Environment
Research published recently in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution reports that our collective misuse of tropical ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 02, 2020Cancer
A new approach to studying the effects of two common chemicals used in cosmetics and sunscreens found they can cause DNA ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 02, 2020Plants & Animals
Most fish probably cringe at the idea of beaching themselves on purpose, especially since they can’t breathe out o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 02, 2020Plants & Animals
A class of two-legged carnivorous dinosaur dubbed noasaurids are said to have existed in later half of the Cretaceous Er ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 01, 2020Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Exeter report in Nature Climate Change their findings of a new "natural climate ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 31, 2020Microbiology
Since the first cases of a novel Coronavirus were detected in Wuhan, China a few weeks ago, the virus has spread around ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2020Health & Medicine
A new study published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care suggests that medical marijuana may not aid slee ...JAN 30, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Infrared spectroscopy is a popular scientific method to identify and study molecules based on their absorption of infrar ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 29, 2020Earth & The Environment
Based on current Earth models, which project warming seas and nutrient depletion, scientists widely believe that ph ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 29, 2020Chemistry & Physics
When it comes to foods with a controversial reputation, milk isn't your usual suspect. First and foremost, we humans ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 28, 2020Plants & Animals
Slugs are slow, and this makes them easy targets for predators however big or small they might be. Here, we see that a s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2020Earth & The Environment
Humans have depended on ocean resources for centuries. However, a recent analysis of the state of the ocean showed a sha ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Because of a genetic mutation, people that have Duchenne muscular dystrophy lack functional copies of a protein called d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2020Plants & Animals
Most octopuses live and breathe underwater, just like the vast majority of other marine animals. But this octopus endemi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 27, 2020Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) have some good news for wine lovers. Delicate wine grapes are ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 26, 2020Microbiology
Protists don't fit neatly into any other category of organism; they are eukaryotes, but they are not a plant, fungi or a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used a mouse model to show that human stem cells could be used to engineer neurons that stop pain.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2020Plants & Animals
There is no overstating the fact that the Arctic Tundra is a cold and unforgiving place. There are few plants or animals ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 26, 2020Plants & Animals
The state of Florida has endured an exceptionally chilly Winter season this time around, and some of the state’s w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 24, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis retailers in Colorado, Washington and Oregon have received top marks in secret tests to determine whether they ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 23, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Snake venom is also a source of therapeutics, and a potential source of new medicines.Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2020
Plants & Animals
When large schools of sardines materialize in the oceans, it can be a spectacular sight. In some cases, however, the sig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 03, 2020
Microbiology
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii is thought to infect from one-quarter to one-third of the global population.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Polar bears realize that food can be scarce at times, and that’s a problem considering just how much they like to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Research published recently in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution reports that our collective misuse of tropical
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 02, 2020
Cancer
A new approach to studying the effects of two common chemicals used in cosmetics and sunscreens found they can cause DNA
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 02, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most fish probably cringe at the idea of beaching themselves on purpose, especially since they can’t breathe out o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2020
Plants & Animals
A class of two-legged carnivorous dinosaur dubbed noasaurids are said to have existed in later half of the Cretaceous Er
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 01, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Exeter report in Nature Climate Change their findings of a new "natural climate
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 31, 2020
Microbiology
Since the first cases of a novel Coronavirus were detected in Wuhan, China a few weeks ago, the virus has spread around
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2020
Health & Medicine
A new study published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care suggests that medical marijuana may not aid slee
...
JAN 30, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Infrared spectroscopy is a popular scientific method to identify and study molecules based on their absorption of infrar
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 29, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Based on current Earth models, which project warming seas and nutrient depletion, scientists widely believe that ph
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 29, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
When it comes to foods with a controversial reputation, milk isn't your usual suspect. First and foremost, we humans
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 28, 2020
Plants & Animals
Slugs are slow, and this makes them easy targets for predators however big or small they might be. Here, we see that a s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Humans have depended on ocean resources for centuries. However, a recent analysis of the state of the ocean showed a sha
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Because of a genetic mutation, people that have Duchenne muscular dystrophy lack functional copies of a protein called d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most octopuses live and breathe underwater, just like the vast majority of other marine animals. But this octopus endemi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 27, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) have some good news for wine lovers. Delicate wine grapes are
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 26, 2020
Microbiology
Protists don't fit neatly into any other category of organism; they are eukaryotes, but they are not a plant, fungi or a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used a mouse model to show that human stem cells could be used to engineer neurons that stop pain.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2020
Plants & Animals
There is no overstating the fact that the Arctic Tundra is a cold and unforgiving place. There are few plants or animals
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 26, 2020
Plants & Animals
The state of Florida has endured an exceptionally chilly Winter season this time around, and some of the state’s w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 24, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis retailers in Colorado, Washington and Oregon have received top marks in secret tests to determine whether they
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 23, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Snake venom is also a source of therapeutics, and a potential source of new medicines.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch