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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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DEC 17, 2016Plants & Animals
Every day, scientists are learning of more and more new species of animals, insects, and microorganisms that inhabit the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 16, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell, scientists were able to extend the lifespan of mice that carry a genetic mutation that causes prematu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2016Microbiology
If you don’t love amoebas, there’s something wrong with you. Amoebas are adorable, little single-cell ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 16, 2016Plants & Animals
Lots of people look at spiders and see a grand total of eight legs, but no wings, and so they’ve largely been cons ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 15, 2016Plants & Animals
Earlier in the month, a Russian cargo ship failed after what appeared to be a successful launch out of the Earth’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Silly Putty, the toy ubiquitous in nearly every household and elementary classroom, is the inspiration behind the latest ...DEC 15, 2016Neuroscience
People who have pets in their lives very often treat them almost as fully human members of the family. Many studies have ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 14, 2016Microbiology
Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan parasite that causes intestinal illness in people and animals. For the immunocompr ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 14, 2016Plants & Animals
When you see somebody you’re familiar with walking past you, you probably recognize them by their face, but Chimpa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Brains are complex; studying brain function often involve simple organisms, like honeybees, which provided a finding tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 13, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – December 13, 2016 – Diet composition around the time of pregnancy may influence whether offsp ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 13, 2016Plants & Animals
Large snakes have been known to devour large meals, but perhaps this one tips the scales. Burmese Pythons, which are an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 12, 2016Space & Astronomy
The search for life in our Solar System is continuous, and still, to no avail, but researchers aren’t giving up ye ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 11, 2016Plants & Animals
In the times of Ancient Rome, if you wore Tyrian Purple clothing of any sort, then you were considered a VIP. The color ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 10, 2016Plants & Animals
One of the things researchers always want to know more about is the history of life on our planet. Unearthing details ab ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 09, 2016Plants & Animals
Scientists studying the natural behavior and lifestyle of wild African elephants are finding something peculiar about ne ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing tool set off a revolution in biomedicine. Natural features of bacterial immunity were uti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2016Cancer
A graduate student interested in how teeth formed in an ancient fossil inadvertently uncovered what researchers are call ...DEC 08, 2016Plants & Animals
When you’re a construction worker, you have enough to worry about. Operating heavy machinery and often times deali ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Magnetoreception enables animals to sense magnetic fields, which helps them navigate and orient themselves through the p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2016Cardiology
A group of cells thought to be nurturing to the barrier that prevents harmful substances from entering the brain may pla ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 07, 2016Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 07, 2016Plants & Animals
As much of Antarctica remains unexplored because of its vastness and mysteriousness, any discovery that we come across o ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
DEC 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
Every day, scientists are learning of more and more new species of animals, insects, and microorganisms that inhabit the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 16, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell, scientists were able to extend the lifespan of mice that carry a genetic mutation that causes prematu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2016
Microbiology
If you don’t love amoebas, there’s something wrong with you. Amoebas are adorable, little single-cell
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 16, 2016
Plants & Animals
Lots of people look at spiders and see a grand total of eight legs, but no wings, and so they’ve largely been cons
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 15, 2016
Plants & Animals
Earlier in the month, a Russian cargo ship failed after what appeared to be a successful launch out of the Earth’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Silly Putty, the toy ubiquitous in nearly every household and elementary classroom, is the inspiration behind the latest
...
DEC 15, 2016
Neuroscience
People who have pets in their lives very often treat them almost as fully human members of the family. Many studies have
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 14, 2016
Microbiology
Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan parasite that causes intestinal illness in people and animals. For the immunocompr
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 14, 2016
Plants & Animals
When you see somebody you’re familiar with walking past you, you probably recognize them by their face, but Chimpa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Brains are complex; studying brain function often involve simple organisms, like honeybees, which provided a finding tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – December 13, 2016 – Diet composition around the time of pregnancy may influence whether offsp
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
Large snakes have been known to devour large meals, but perhaps this one tips the scales. Burmese Pythons, which are an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 12, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The search for life in our Solar System is continuous, and still, to no avail, but researchers aren’t giving up ye
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
In the times of Ancient Rome, if you wore Tyrian Purple clothing of any sort, then you were considered a VIP. The color
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
One of the things researchers always want to know more about is the history of life on our planet. Unearthing details ab
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
Scientists studying the natural behavior and lifestyle of wild African elephants are finding something peculiar about ne
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing tool set off a revolution in biomedicine. Natural features of bacterial immunity were uti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2016
Cancer
A graduate student interested in how teeth formed in an ancient fossil inadvertently uncovered what researchers are call
...
DEC 08, 2016
Plants & Animals
When you’re a construction worker, you have enough to worry about. Operating heavy machinery and often times deali
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Magnetoreception enables animals to sense magnetic fields, which helps them navigate and orient themselves through the p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2016
Cardiology
A group of cells thought to be nurturing to the barrier that prevents harmful substances from entering the brain may pla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 07, 2016
Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
As much of Antarctica remains unexplored because of its vastness and mysteriousness, any discovery that we come across o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard