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Behavioral sciences explore the cognitive processes within organisms and the behavioral interactions between organisms in the natural world.
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MAY 30, 2016Neuroscience
In 2013, President Obama’s BRAIN (Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative was la ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 28, 2016Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that you see a beaked whale. These creatures like to swim around in the deeper realms of the oc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2016Infographics
As we grow and develop, very specific chemical reactions activate and deactivate parts of our genome at strategic times ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAY 25, 2016Neuroscience
It is well-known that the extracellular concentrations of various ions in the brain change depending on the behavioral s ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAY 25, 2016Neuroscience
We often hear that our overly busy, overly scheduled lives cause too much stress. Stress that is bad for our health, bad ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 24, 2016Plants & Animals
Fishermen tend to discover some really interesting things while they’re trying their luck at big catches, but perh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Australia can be one of the most interesting places to see nature at its finest, and for those with drones, you get a bi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2016Videos
Your body an intriguing piece of biological engineering over millions of years of evolution. It has adapted so that when ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2016Neuroscience
The field of neuroeconomics combines psychology, economics, and neuroscience to get a more comprehensive picture of huma ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAY 23, 2016Neuroscience
Ketamine has been studied more than a few times recently for it’s use as a treatment for depression. The most rece ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 20, 2016Plants & Animals
Same-sex activities are not limited only to humans; many species in the animal kingdom have been known to partake in hom ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 19, 2016Neuroscience
Much more so than a dog who harkens to his master’s voice on an old record label, children will always recognize a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 17, 2016Plants & Animals
In a prime example of why humans should just leave wild animals alone in their wild habitat, a sad story for a wild baby ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 17, 2016Neuroscience
The term “practice makes perfect” can apply to learning a sport or a musical instrument but new research sho ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 16, 2016Cardiology
When researchers examined human postmortem brain tissue—some from typical brains and others from those with an aut ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 15, 2016Videos
10,000 species. Sterile Female workers. Can lift 50 times their own weight. Never sleep. Individuals have two stomachs - ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 13, 2016Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease gets most of the press for neurodegeneration, but it is not the only devastating neurodegenera ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAY 12, 2016Immunology
The Discovery Opens the Door to New Therapies Influencing Appetite and Weight Loss of appetite during illness is a commo ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)MAY 11, 2016Plants & Animals
Flashback to October in Florida, when a bear hunt was organized to manage population sizes. Black bear populations repor ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2016Plants & Animals
In a movement taking place via the nonprofit organization Project Chimps, 220 laboratory chimpanzees that have served th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 11, 2016Neuroscience
Autism is a mystery because it has been very difficult to narrow down what causes this complex and varied pathology. Mut ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAY 09, 2016Plants & Animals
You hear stories all the time of cats eating birds, but it seems to be so few and far in between of the opposite happeni ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 06, 2016Plants & Animals
Male macaques seem to have the ability to regulate their own body’s metabolism based on the environment around the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 03, 2016Microbiology
Scientists first saw the microbiome when doing ribosomal RNA sequencing and getting so much of what many thought was con ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2016
Neuroscience
In 2013, President Obama’s BRAIN (Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative was la
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that you see a beaked whale. These creatures like to swim around in the deeper realms of the oc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 27, 2016
Infographics
As we grow and develop, very specific chemical reactions activate and deactivate parts of our genome at strategic times
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAY 25, 2016
Neuroscience
It is well-known that the extracellular concentrations of various ions in the brain change depending on the behavioral s
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAY 25, 2016
Neuroscience
We often hear that our overly busy, overly scheduled lives cause too much stress. Stress that is bad for our health, bad
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
Fishermen tend to discover some really interesting things while they’re trying their luck at big catches, but perh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Australia can be one of the most interesting places to see nature at its finest, and for those with drones, you get a bi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2016
Videos
Your body an intriguing piece of biological engineering over millions of years of evolution. It has adapted so that when
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2016
Neuroscience
The field of neuroeconomics combines psychology, economics, and neuroscience to get a more comprehensive picture of huma
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAY 23, 2016
Neuroscience
Ketamine has been studied more than a few times recently for it’s use as a treatment for depression. The most rece
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
Same-sex activities are not limited only to humans; many species in the animal kingdom have been known to partake in hom
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2016
Neuroscience
Much more so than a dog who harkens to his master’s voice on an old record label, children will always recognize a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
In a prime example of why humans should just leave wild animals alone in their wild habitat, a sad story for a wild baby
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 17, 2016
Neuroscience
The term “practice makes perfect” can apply to learning a sport or a musical instrument but new research sho
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 16, 2016
Cardiology
When researchers examined human postmortem brain tissue—some from typical brains and others from those with an aut
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 15, 2016
Videos
10,000 species. Sterile Female workers. Can lift 50 times their own weight. Never sleep. Individuals have two stomachs -
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 13, 2016
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease gets most of the press for neurodegeneration, but it is not the only devastating neurodegenera
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAY 12, 2016
Immunology
The Discovery Opens the Door to New Therapies Influencing Appetite and Weight Loss of appetite during illness is a commo
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
MAY 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Flashback to October in Florida, when a bear hunt was organized to manage population sizes. Black bear populations repor
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
In a movement taking place via the nonprofit organization Project Chimps, 220 laboratory chimpanzees that have served th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 11, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism is a mystery because it has been very difficult to narrow down what causes this complex and varied pathology. Mut
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAY 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
You hear stories all the time of cats eating birds, but it seems to be so few and far in between of the opposite happeni
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
Male macaques seem to have the ability to regulate their own body’s metabolism based on the environment around the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 03, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists first saw the microbiome when doing ribosomal RNA sequencing and getting so much of what many thought was con
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch