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Behavioral Research
Behavioral Research: is the study of the many variables that impact the formation of one's habits. Habitual patterns of decision-making have a huge impact because they affect so many areas of one's daily life.
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MAY 03, 2016Plants & Animals
The Large Hardron Collider is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator machine, and allows resea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 03, 2016Cardiology
Including a small amount of chocolate in your daily diet might help prevent diabetes and insulin resistance—and, a ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 02, 2016Neuroscience
Road crashes are a leading cause of death in the United States as well as around the world. In the US around 37,000 peop ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 29, 2016Health & Medicine
The development of dangerous coronary artery calcification shares a common pathway with bone formation, and so heart con ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 29, 2016Genetics & Genomics
New research with mice offers more evidence of a complex interaction between genes and the environment when it comes to ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 29, 2016Neuroscience
Binge drinking is a huge problem in the United States, with one in six adults binge drinking four times a month. Costs d ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Chameleons are interesting animals not only because of their ability to blend in with their surroundings by changing the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 27, 2016Immunology
Originally developed as an anesthetic in 1926, phencyclidine (PCP), also known as “angel dust,” was disconti ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 25, 2016Immunology
A new vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) would significantly reduce both cervical cancer incidence and health care c ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 24, 2016Microbiology
People with anorexia nervosa have very different microbial communities living in their guts compared to healthy individu ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 22, 2016Videos
Vestigial structures take many forms: organs, behaviors, and even biochemical processes. Their defining characteristic i ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 18, 2016Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 13, 2016Immunology
A new hope for vaccine development and cancer therapy has been identified, and it is a signaling protein called c-Myc th ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 13, 2016Cancer
Scientists have known that married people tend to have healthier lives and live longer than their unmarried counterparts ...APR 13, 2016Neuroscience
It’s a statistic that gets a lot of attention when talking about autism. According to the CDC, the number of child ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 12, 2016Cardiology
There is still no evidence of genetic difference between blacks and whites to account for the health disparities in card ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 12, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Not unlike technology straight out of science fiction, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have develop ...APR 12, 2016Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia are devastating to patients and their families because when memori ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 10, 2016Cancer
An online intervention that asks women to reflect on their motivations for indoor tanning may make them more likely to s ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 09, 2016Health & Medicine
A few months ago, my fellow Labroots writer Brenda Kelley Kim did a nice piece on this paper from a group at Western Uni ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 05, 2016Earth & The Environment
The intersection between human and nature is one that is constantly changing, consistently confusing, and continuously f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 05, 2016Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever been camping, or live in tree-dense areas, then you may have heard or seen a woodpecker. These bird ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 01, 2016Health & Medicine
NFL players risk their health every time they play a game - especially if it’s cold outside. New rese ...Written By: Julianne Chiaet
MAY 03, 2016
Plants & Animals
The Large Hardron Collider is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator machine, and allows resea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 03, 2016
Cardiology
Including a small amount of chocolate in your daily diet might help prevent diabetes and insulin resistance—and, a
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 02, 2016
Neuroscience
Road crashes are a leading cause of death in the United States as well as around the world. In the US around 37,000 peop
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
The development of dangerous coronary artery calcification shares a common pathway with bone formation, and so heart con
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 29, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
New research with mice offers more evidence of a complex interaction between genes and the environment when it comes to
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 29, 2016
Neuroscience
Binge drinking is a huge problem in the United States, with one in six adults binge drinking four times a month. Costs d
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Chameleons are interesting animals not only because of their ability to blend in with their surroundings by changing the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 27, 2016
Immunology
Originally developed as an anesthetic in 1926, phencyclidine (PCP), also known as “angel dust,” was disconti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 25, 2016
Immunology
A new vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) would significantly reduce both cervical cancer incidence and health care c
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 24, 2016
Microbiology
People with anorexia nervosa have very different microbial communities living in their guts compared to healthy individu
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 22, 2016
Videos
Vestigial structures take many forms: organs, behaviors, and even biochemical processes. Their defining characteristic i
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 18, 2016
Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 13, 2016
Immunology
A new hope for vaccine development and cancer therapy has been identified, and it is a signaling protein called c-Myc th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 13, 2016
Cancer
Scientists have known that married people tend to have healthier lives and live longer than their unmarried counterparts
...
APR 13, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s a statistic that gets a lot of attention when talking about autism. According to the CDC, the number of child
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 12, 2016
Cardiology
There is still no evidence of genetic difference between blacks and whites to account for the health disparities in card
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 12, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Not unlike technology straight out of science fiction, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have develop
...
APR 12, 2016
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia are devastating to patients and their families because when memori
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 10, 2016
Cancer
An online intervention that asks women to reflect on their motivations for indoor tanning may make them more likely to s
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 09, 2016
Health & Medicine
A few months ago, my fellow Labroots writer Brenda Kelley Kim did a nice piece on this paper from a group at Western Uni
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 05, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The intersection between human and nature is one that is constantly changing, consistently confusing, and continuously f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
If you’ve ever been camping, or live in tree-dense areas, then you may have heard or seen a woodpecker. These bird
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 01, 2016
Health & Medicine
NFL players risk their health every time they play a game - especially if it’s cold outside. New rese
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet