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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 22, 2020Plants & Animals
Just a few million years ago, a prehistoric crocodile that was more than 16 feet long was the king of swamps in southwes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2020Microbiology
Ticks are notorious vectors of disease, but they can transmit those illnesses without becoming infected themselves.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia have found that inducing hallucinations in healthy subje ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
More and more people are being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease as the world's population ages. Scientists have now en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Water is often recommended as a way to help people lose weight, but usually because it can help people feel full, reduci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2020Immunology
Canadian researchers have made a breakthrough for children with peanut allergies: immunotherapy that when taken daily fo ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 15, 2020Space & Astronomy
As humans have ventured into space, they have carried some terrestrial life with them, including spiders. Once dreamed u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2020Plants & Animals
For decades, researchers have tried to understand how insect wings evolved. It seemed that none of the proposed explanat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics researchers have created a model that will advance the study of development ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 13, 2020Technology
Could robots replace therapy dogs? A new study by researchers at the University of Portsmouth may indicate so. "Thi ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 13, 2020Microbiology
Scientists may have uncovered what links depression and the community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
E-cigarettes or vapes were introduced a few years ago, and researchers are still trying to learn more about how they aff ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2020Plants & Animals
"Murder hornets," more commonly known as giant hornets, might be new to North America, but in their native ran ...Written By: Tiffany DazetDEC 10, 2020Plants & Animals
As climate change continues to alter the Arctic landscape, polar bear research becomes more urgent. Observing animals in ...Written By: Tiffany DazetDEC 10, 2020Immunology
When faced with stressful stimuli — anything from oxygen or nutrient deprivation to viral infections — cells ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Glyphosate is a common weed-killing chemical used in agriculture, and it may be best known as the active ingredient in R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Mycobacterium abscessus is a pathogenic bacterium know to cause tuberculosis and leprosy. Researchers at Johns Hopkins U ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 07, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
CNIC researchers have found that there is an autoimmune link to cardiovascular disease that may improve diagnostic and t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2020Earth & The Environment
In a new study published in the journal Animal Biotelemetry, researchers report on the development of an applicatio ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 07, 2020Plants & Animals
NOAA researchers used video taken on an underwater expedition to identify a new species of comb jellyfish, or ctenophore ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish are a great model organism for biomedical research. They generate large numbers of embryos that develop rapidl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a type of highly reactive molecule that is thought to be damaging to cellular structur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2020Microbiology
There are two diseases with similar names: hand, foot, and mouth disease, which affects people, and foot-and-mouth disea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
We've all learned about super-spreader events over the past year, but occasions where a large group of people gathers an ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2020
Plants & Animals
Just a few million years ago, a prehistoric crocodile that was more than 16 feet long was the king of swamps in southwes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2020
Microbiology
Ticks are notorious vectors of disease, but they can transmit those illnesses without becoming infected themselves.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia have found that inducing hallucinations in healthy subje
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
More and more people are being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease as the world's population ages. Scientists have now en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Water is often recommended as a way to help people lose weight, but usually because it can help people feel full, reduci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2020
Immunology
Canadian researchers have made a breakthrough for children with peanut allergies: immunotherapy that when taken daily fo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 15, 2020
Space & Astronomy
As humans have ventured into space, they have carried some terrestrial life with them, including spiders. Once dreamed u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2020
Plants & Animals
For decades, researchers have tried to understand how insect wings evolved. It seemed that none of the proposed explanat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics researchers have created a model that will advance the study of development
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2020
Technology
Could robots replace therapy dogs? A new study by researchers at the University of Portsmouth may indicate so. "Thi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 13, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists may have uncovered what links depression and the community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
E-cigarettes or vapes were introduced a few years ago, and researchers are still trying to learn more about how they aff
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
"Murder hornets," more commonly known as giant hornets, might be new to North America, but in their native ran
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
DEC 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
As climate change continues to alter the Arctic landscape, polar bear research becomes more urgent. Observing animals in
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
DEC 10, 2020
Immunology
When faced with stressful stimuli — anything from oxygen or nutrient deprivation to viral infections — cells
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Glyphosate is a common weed-killing chemical used in agriculture, and it may be best known as the active ingredient in R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Mycobacterium abscessus is a pathogenic bacterium know to cause tuberculosis and leprosy. Researchers at Johns Hopkins U
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
CNIC researchers have found that there is an autoimmune link to cardiovascular disease that may improve diagnostic and t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2020
Earth & The Environment
In a new study published in the journal Animal Biotelemetry, researchers report on the development of an applicatio
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 07, 2020
Plants & Animals
NOAA researchers used video taken on an underwater expedition to identify a new species of comb jellyfish, or ctenophore
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish are a great model organism for biomedical research. They generate large numbers of embryos that develop rapidl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a type of highly reactive molecule that is thought to be damaging to cellular structur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2020
Microbiology
There are two diseases with similar names: hand, foot, and mouth disease, which affects people, and foot-and-mouth disea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
We've all learned about super-spreader events over the past year, but occasions where a large group of people gathers an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch