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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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MAY 04, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease that is caused by parasites, which infect red blood cells. The symptoms can present i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2025Earth & The Environment
Bird Migration Shifts Climate change has been ongoing for decades, and as average temperatures around the world and in t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2025Earth & The Environment
For the first time, scientists have captured footage of a colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) in its natural hab ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2025Earth & The Environment
Plastics are everywhere in our world, and these tough chemicals that are used in everything from food packaging to roofi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 14, 2025Earth & The Environment
Inland waters, which include streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, are crucial to the health of our planet and differe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 04, 2025Microbiology
When gut bacteria from athletes was transferred into mice, therewere significant changes in the animals.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 28, 2025Earth & The Environment
A recent study reported in Nature Communications highlighted the loss of glaciers in the Arctic, which has been shown to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease; it is caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), whi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2025Earth & The Environment
Researchers have performed an updated analysis of an ancient child that was discovered in 1998 in the Lapedo Valley of P ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 10, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Some dogs, like Labrador retrievers, are prone to obesity. Scientists have investigated the genetics of British Labrador ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2025Earth & The Environment
The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now created an encyclopedia of gene function for all known human genes that code for protein. This data ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Can structures that give butterfly winds their iridescent sheen be harnessed to improve cancer diagnosis? New research s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2025Genetics & Genomics
A part of the brain called the pallium is responsible for complex functions and cognition, and is one thing that sets hu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2025Plants & Animals
Do animals play a larger role in shaping the Earth’s surface than geological processes like flooding, wind, fire, ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 10, 2025Earth & The Environment
In 1987, there were about 5 billion people in the world. Now, there are more than 8 billion of us, and we are developing ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2025Plants & Animals
Everyone loves getting kisses from a dog, but how healthy is it? Could certain diseases be transferred from a dog’ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 02, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have successfully engineered a mouse with two fathers that went onto survive until adulthood. Researchers hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2025Earth & The Environment
Climate change is affecting a seemingly endless number of things, in increasingly drastic ways.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2025Earth & The Environment
Some fungi have been very helpful to humans, like the ascomycetous fungi that generate the antibiotic penicillin. Scient ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
For several days, the National Weather Service in Los Angeles was warning of an extremely dangerous wind event that woul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2025Microbiology
This story, like the virus it is about, continues to evolve. This article summarizes some of the recent findings and opi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2024Microbiology
Organic molecules have a property known as chirality, in which the structure can be either 'right-handed'; or 'left-hand ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2024Earth & The Environment
It's not unusual to see squirrels eating acorns or other nuts, or seeds; they are considered herbivores though they some ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease that is caused by parasites, which infect red blood cells. The symptoms can present i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Bird Migration Shifts Climate change has been ongoing for decades, and as average temperatures around the world and in t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2025
Earth & The Environment
For the first time, scientists have captured footage of a colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) in its natural hab
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are everywhere in our world, and these tough chemicals that are used in everything from food packaging to roofi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Inland waters, which include streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, are crucial to the health of our planet and differe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2025
Microbiology
When gut bacteria from athletes was transferred into mice, therewere significant changes in the animals.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2025
Earth & The Environment
A recent study reported in Nature Communications highlighted the loss of glaciers in the Arctic, which has been shown to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease; it is caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), whi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Researchers have performed an updated analysis of an ancient child that was discovered in 1998 in the Lapedo Valley of P
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Some dogs, like Labrador retrievers, are prone to obesity. Scientists have investigated the genetics of British Labrador
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now created an encyclopedia of gene function for all known human genes that code for protein. This data
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Can structures that give butterfly winds their iridescent sheen be harnessed to improve cancer diagnosis? New research s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
A part of the brain called the pallium is responsible for complex functions and cognition, and is one thing that sets hu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2025
Plants & Animals
Do animals play a larger role in shaping the Earth’s surface than geological processes like flooding, wind, fire,
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 10, 2025
Earth & The Environment
In 1987, there were about 5 billion people in the world. Now, there are more than 8 billion of us, and we are developing
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2025
Plants & Animals
Everyone loves getting kisses from a dog, but how healthy is it? Could certain diseases be transferred from a dog’
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 02, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have successfully engineered a mouse with two fathers that went onto survive until adulthood. Researchers hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is affecting a seemingly endless number of things, in increasingly drastic ways.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Some fungi have been very helpful to humans, like the ascomycetous fungi that generate the antibiotic penicillin. Scient
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
For several days, the National Weather Service in Los Angeles was warning of an extremely dangerous wind event that woul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2025
Microbiology
This story, like the virus it is about, continues to evolve. This article summarizes some of the recent findings and opi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2024
Microbiology
Organic molecules have a property known as chirality, in which the structure can be either 'right-handed'; or 'left-hand
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2024
Earth & The Environment
It's not unusual to see squirrels eating acorns or other nuts, or seeds; they are considered herbivores though they some
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch