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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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FEB 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The activity of genes can be altered with chemical tags that get added to the genome, so-called epigenetic modifications ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2020Neuroscience
Traditional notions of artificial intelligence (AI) are outdated. Rather than simply being able to understand inventory ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 12, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Smoking marijuana is known to make people forgetful. Now however, research has shown that smoking the substance may also ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 11, 2020Plants & Animals
Cheetahs are the world’s fastest land animal; their powerful hind legs give them incredible launching power and th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 10, 2020Plants & Animals
Most fish spend almost all of their lives in a body of water, be it the ocean or some smaller lake or stream. Mudskipper ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 10, 2020Cardiology
Over time, atherosclerosis, a disease that causes fatty plaques to build up in the arteries, limits the flow of oxygen-r ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 10, 2020Neuroscience
Speaking “parentese” with your baby, also known as “baby talk”, has been shown to enhance childr ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 09, 2020Plants & Animals
There are at least 17 known species of horned lizard belonging to the genus Phrynosoma, but the giant horned lizard (Phr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 08, 2020Cancer
A follow-up to a study originally published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology in 2016 reports the long-term bene ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 07, 2020Technology
Researchers at the University of California San Diego now have a better understanding of the social behavior of insets t ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 07, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Intrinsic biophysical properties of proteins hold valuable clues about how they function and their role in disease. Take ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 06, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Misfolded proteins are closely linked to many neurodegenerative disorders. Researchers have learned more about one of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Recreational marijuana use becomes increasingly common as legalization spreads across the country. That includes women w ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 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, 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 03, 2020Space & Astronomy
If you ever listen to the radio and experience a phenomenon in which the broadcast sounds garbled or as if another radio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 03, 2020Neuroscience
Mood disorders, like Bipolar, Major Depressive Disorder, and Schizophrenia, among others, are difficult to define clinic ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaFEB 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 BouchardJAN 28, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research ( ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 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, 2020Immunology
Toxoplasma gondii suppresses the immune system of the hosts it infects – human or otherwise – just enough to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 28, 2020Neuroscience
Research now suggests that the presence of different gut bacteria may significantly impact children’s behavior, ca ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 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 26, 2020Space & Astronomy
Mercury is the solar system’s smallest planet, and it’s also the one residing closest to the Sun. But while ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The activity of genes can be altered with chemical tags that get added to the genome, so-called epigenetic modifications
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2020
Neuroscience
Traditional notions of artificial intelligence (AI) are outdated. Rather than simply being able to understand inventory
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 12, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Smoking marijuana is known to make people forgetful. Now however, research has shown that smoking the substance may also
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 11, 2020
Plants & Animals
Cheetahs are the world’s fastest land animal; their powerful hind legs give them incredible launching power and th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most fish spend almost all of their lives in a body of water, be it the ocean or some smaller lake or stream. Mudskipper
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 10, 2020
Cardiology
Over time, atherosclerosis, a disease that causes fatty plaques to build up in the arteries, limits the flow of oxygen-r
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 10, 2020
Neuroscience
Speaking “parentese” with your baby, also known as “baby talk”, has been shown to enhance childr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 09, 2020
Plants & Animals
There are at least 17 known species of horned lizard belonging to the genus Phrynosoma, but the giant horned lizard (Phr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 08, 2020
Cancer
A follow-up to a study originally published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology in 2016 reports the long-term bene
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 07, 2020
Technology
Researchers at the University of California San Diego now have a better understanding of the social behavior of insets t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 07, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Intrinsic biophysical properties of proteins hold valuable clues about how they function and their role in disease. Take
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 06, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Misfolded proteins are closely linked to many neurodegenerative disorders. Researchers have learned more about one of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Recreational marijuana use becomes increasingly common as legalization spreads across the country. That includes women w
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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
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 03, 2020
Space & Astronomy
If you ever listen to the radio and experience a phenomenon in which the broadcast sounds garbled or as if another radio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 03, 2020
Neuroscience
Mood disorders, like Bipolar, Major Depressive Disorder, and Schizophrenia, among others, are difficult to define clinic
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
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
JAN 28, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
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
Immunology
Toxoplasma gondii suppresses the immune system of the hosts it infects – human or otherwise – just enough to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 28, 2020
Neuroscience
Research now suggests that the presence of different gut bacteria may significantly impact children’s behavior, ca
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
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 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Mercury is the solar system’s smallest planet, and it’s also the one residing closest to the Sun. But while
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard