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Conservation: preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment, natural ecosystems, vegetation, and wildlife.
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DEC 29, 2021Microbiology
There are many types of influenza virus, which are classified based on the proteins expressed on their surfaces. The H5N ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2021Earth & The Environment
Floods this weekend caused destruction in Brazil. Two dams failed after weeks of rain in the Brazilian state of Bahia, o ...Written By: Samantha LottDEC 21, 2021Earth & The Environment
Land use, or what humans use their land for like agriculture, residential, or industrial purposes, has a big impact on t ...Written By: Samantha LottDEC 21, 2021Plants & Animals
Scientists were surprised to find an area deep underneath Antarctica's ice shelves teeming with life. Researchers have r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2021Plants & Animals
The history of life on earth can be visualized as a branched tree. Some of those branches have spawned more, while other ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 29, 2021Health & Medicine
A new study published in Science Advances proposes hexadecenal as the first pheromone scientifically linked to aggr ...Written By: Hannah DanielNOV 28, 2021Microbiology
Accumulating evidence has suggested that the community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tracts of most organisms have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Some animals can produce offspring from an unfertilized egg in an asexual reproduction process known as parthogenesis. W ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The size of cells can vary widely from one species to another; the cells of phytoplankton are about one micron while fro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2021Plants & Animals
Climate change is threatening many of the world's crops, and may disrupt the growth of barley that's used to make beer.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The lifespans of vertebrates can vary widely; some live to be about five weeks while others can reach 400 years. As most ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2021Earth & The Environment
River ecosystems receive many inputs from human activities upstream. Rivers bring these inputs out to the ocean, where t ...Written By: Samantha LottNOV 12, 2021Space & Astronomy
There's a massive storm on Jupiter called the Great Red Spot. It swirls in the planet's Southern Hemisphere, spinning co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
With time lapse photography, scientists have now learned more about the symmetry of sea stars. This work could tell us m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
As scientists, we can be very uncomfortable with the concept of “good enough”. It feels contrary to everythi ...NOV 06, 2021Earth & The Environment
Demand for water has increased nearly eight fold over the past 100 years. Irrigation for agriculture is by far the most ...Written By: Samantha LottNOV 02, 2021Immunology
Green tea has long been touted as the elixir of youth—high concentrations of chemicals called polyphenols were bel ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 31, 2021Microbiology
Single celled organisms called archaea occupy their own branch on the tree of life, like bacteria, but we know a lot les ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2021Earth & The Environment
A duo of Stanford researchers have recently released a study in Global Sustainability that reveals the timing of policy ...Written By: Matthew LundyOCT 21, 2021Earth & The Environment
The scientific consensus on human-caused climate change is overwhelming. A recent study published this week in Envi ...Written By: Matthew LundyOCT 14, 2021Microbiology
Leprosy has been infecting people since ancient times, and is estimated to have caused about 202,000 new infections in 2 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2021Plants & Animals
It's not unusual for people in workplaces and at home to have different temperature preferences. There may be biological ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 02, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Reporting in Nature Communications, scientists have suggested that every living snake on earth evolved from just a handf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
We often use predictions about the future to help us make decisions. All organisms have to make choices every day, and t ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2021
Microbiology
There are many types of influenza virus, which are classified based on the proteins expressed on their surfaces. The H5N
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Floods this weekend caused destruction in Brazil. Two dams failed after weeks of rain in the Brazilian state of Bahia, o
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
DEC 21, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Land use, or what humans use their land for like agriculture, residential, or industrial purposes, has a big impact on t
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
DEC 21, 2021
Plants & Animals
Scientists were surprised to find an area deep underneath Antarctica's ice shelves teeming with life. Researchers have r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2021
Plants & Animals
The history of life on earth can be visualized as a branched tree. Some of those branches have spawned more, while other
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2021
Health & Medicine
A new study published in Science Advances proposes hexadecenal as the first pheromone scientifically linked to aggr
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 28, 2021
Microbiology
Accumulating evidence has suggested that the community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tracts of most organisms have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Some animals can produce offspring from an unfertilized egg in an asexual reproduction process known as parthogenesis. W
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The size of cells can vary widely from one species to another; the cells of phytoplankton are about one micron while fro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2021
Plants & Animals
Climate change is threatening many of the world's crops, and may disrupt the growth of barley that's used to make beer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The lifespans of vertebrates can vary widely; some live to be about five weeks while others can reach 400 years. As most
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2021
Earth & The Environment
River ecosystems receive many inputs from human activities upstream. Rivers bring these inputs out to the ocean, where t
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
NOV 12, 2021
Space & Astronomy
There's a massive storm on Jupiter called the Great Red Spot. It swirls in the planet's Southern Hemisphere, spinning co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
With time lapse photography, scientists have now learned more about the symmetry of sea stars. This work could tell us m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
As scientists, we can be very uncomfortable with the concept of “good enough”. It feels contrary to everythi
...
NOV 06, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Demand for water has increased nearly eight fold over the past 100 years. Irrigation for agriculture is by far the most
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
NOV 02, 2021
Immunology
Green tea has long been touted as the elixir of youth—high concentrations of chemicals called polyphenols were bel
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 31, 2021
Microbiology
Single celled organisms called archaea occupy their own branch on the tree of life, like bacteria, but we know a lot les
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A duo of Stanford researchers have recently released a study in Global Sustainability that reveals the timing of policy
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
OCT 21, 2021
Earth & The Environment
The scientific consensus on human-caused climate change is overwhelming. A recent study published this week in Envi
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
OCT 14, 2021
Microbiology
Leprosy has been infecting people since ancient times, and is estimated to have caused about 202,000 new infections in 2
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2021
Plants & Animals
It's not unusual for people in workplaces and at home to have different temperature preferences. There may be biological
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Reporting in Nature Communications, scientists have suggested that every living snake on earth evolved from just a handf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
We often use predictions about the future to help us make decisions. All organisms have to make choices every day, and t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch