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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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NOV 21, 2017Neuroscience
When a person is stressed, the brain is working overtime to process everything. It can be short-term stress like a car a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 21, 2017Technology
Foldit is a computer game that uses human ingenuity and "problem-solving intuition" to explore the behaviors of proteins ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 21, 2017Technology
The new guidelines are a continuation of its efforts to try to protect users from online abuse and hate while defending ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 20, 2017Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR gene editing is being attempted for the first time in an adult; the patient has a disease called Hunter Syndrome.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2017Cannabis Sciences
Your body has its own built-in cannabis system.Written By: Loren DeVitoNOV 20, 2017Plants & Animals
Male ring-tailed lemurs often use their scent as a display of dominance when quarreling with other males, but they might ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 20, 2017Neuroscience
As any neuroscientist will undoubtedly attest, if there were a way for researchers to be inside a brain, able to visuali ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 17, 2017Health & Medicine
The federal guidelines for a healthy diet are in place so that people know how much of which food groups will provide pr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 16, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Genome editing, now inspired by yeast, aims to turn a 'hacksaw to a scalpel.'Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2017Chemistry & Physics
American opioid crisis statistics. Credit: Socrata The United States is grappling with one of the worst-ever drug ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 15, 2017Plants & Animals
If you were to ask another person for directions, you’d most likely get a verbal response augmented with complimen ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 14, 2017Health & Medicine
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that affects over 1 billion people worldwide. It can be from aging, an injury, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 14, 2017Neuroscience
Can alcohol be a gateway drug? Well, according to a new study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public he ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 13, 2017Videos
Seahorses mate and reproduce quite differently than most other fish in the sea. It all starts with a romantic encounter ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2017Plants & Animals
If you follow animal conservation, then you might be familiar with the vaquita. It’s an elusive porpoise native to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2017Infographics
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan designated November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. As it turns ...Written By: Jennifer EllisNOV 13, 2017Videos
After his death by suicide, former NFL player Aaron Herandez's family announced that his brain would be donated to the C ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 10, 2017Microbiology
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious neurological disorder that affects deer, elk, reindeer, and moose that lea ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 10, 2017Cancer
By carefully observing how DNA is packaged inside of cancer cells, scientists have developed a therapy that they say can ...NOV 09, 2017Plants & Animals
Climate change can have a larger impact on animals around the globe than we realize, and a new study published in the jo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
An international team of astronomers are dumbfounded after discovering what appears to be a star that doesn’t want ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 08, 2017Space & Astronomy
Russia is now conducting research on how long-term space travel may impact human behavior. Six people, including three m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 07, 2017Videos
Encountering a bear in the wild can be a frightening experience, and your next move could mean the difference between li ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 07, 2017Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that people get to see two male lions attempting to get it on, but recently-snapped pictures of ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 21, 2017
Neuroscience
When a person is stressed, the brain is working overtime to process everything. It can be short-term stress like a car a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 21, 2017
Technology
Foldit is a computer game that uses human ingenuity and "problem-solving intuition" to explore the behaviors of proteins
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 21, 2017
Technology
The new guidelines are a continuation of its efforts to try to protect users from online abuse and hate while defending
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 20, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR gene editing is being attempted for the first time in an adult; the patient has a disease called Hunter Syndrome.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2017
Cannabis Sciences
Your body has its own built-in cannabis system.
Written By:
Loren DeVito
NOV 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
Male ring-tailed lemurs often use their scent as a display of dominance when quarreling with other males, but they might
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 20, 2017
Neuroscience
As any neuroscientist will undoubtedly attest, if there were a way for researchers to be inside a brain, able to visuali
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 17, 2017
Health & Medicine
The federal guidelines for a healthy diet are in place so that people know how much of which food groups will provide pr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 16, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Genome editing, now inspired by yeast, aims to turn a 'hacksaw to a scalpel.'
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
American opioid crisis statistics. Credit: Socrata The United States is grappling with one of the worst-ever drug
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you were to ask another person for directions, you’d most likely get a verbal response augmented with complimen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 14, 2017
Health & Medicine
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that affects over 1 billion people worldwide. It can be from aging, an injury,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 14, 2017
Neuroscience
Can alcohol be a gateway drug? Well, according to a new study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public he
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 13, 2017
Videos
Seahorses mate and reproduce quite differently than most other fish in the sea. It all starts with a romantic encounter
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you follow animal conservation, then you might be familiar with the vaquita. It’s an elusive porpoise native to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2017
Infographics
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan designated November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. As it turns
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 13, 2017
Videos
After his death by suicide, former NFL player Aaron Herandez's family announced that his brain would be donated to the C
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 10, 2017
Microbiology
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious neurological disorder that affects deer, elk, reindeer, and moose that lea
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 10, 2017
Cancer
By carefully observing how DNA is packaged inside of cancer cells, scientists have developed a therapy that they say can
...
NOV 09, 2017
Plants & Animals
Climate change can have a larger impact on animals around the globe than we realize, and a new study published in the jo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
An international team of astronomers are dumbfounded after discovering what appears to be a star that doesn’t want
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Russia is now conducting research on how long-term space travel may impact human behavior. Six people, including three m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 07, 2017
Videos
Encountering a bear in the wild can be a frightening experience, and your next move could mean the difference between li
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that people get to see two male lions attempting to get it on, but recently-snapped pictures of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard