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Ecology & Environment
Ecology is the study of living things in their environment, and the relationship between different components of a given environment.
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DEC 21, 2021Microbiology
There have been a few mass extinction events on our planet. One of them was apparently prolonged by microbes that were s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Advances in DNA sequencing technologies have given us unprecedented insight into the history of humanity. Researchers ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2021Earth & The Environment
Unfortunately, it’s commonplace to hear about our seas being polluted with plastic. Many articles and research pro ...Written By: Matthew LundyDEC 06, 2021Plants & Animals
Our planet has a plastic problem, and we can use innovations that use more environmentally friendly materials to replace ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2021Health & Medicine
Western diets are known to cause environmental and health detriments. There are many studies on the effects of various f ...Written By: Hannah DanielDEC 02, 2021Microbiology
The bacteria that live in the gut microbiome have gotten a lot of attention, and for good reason; gut bacteria have been ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Exposure to famine and prenatal exposure to famine has been consistently linked to a variety of health problems includin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2021Plants & Animals
Tardigrades might be the toughest little creatures around. These minuscule eight-legged vertebrates can survive in outer ...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 22, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Evolution has allowed organisms to adapt to their environments, sometimes in very specific ways, through changes in thei ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2021Microbiology
Antibiotics work against bacterial infections, and for years, experts have been warning clinicians and the public to pre ...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, 2021Microbiology
Research has shown that the gut microbiome, which consists of trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microorga ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2021Chemistry & Physics
By now, we all know that plastic waste is a huge problem. More than 350,000,000 tons of plastic waste are generated annu ...Written By: Hannah DanielNOV 09, 2021Plants & Animals
Some people change careers, and it seems that the Harpegnathos saltator ant can do the same; worker ants can switch to q ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The Silk Road has long been known as a trade route that connected different cultures, and one area now known as the Xinj ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 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 28, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Genomic sequencing tools have enabled researchers to study microbial communities that are everywhere in our world, even ...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 25, 2021Microbiology
Microbes are engaged in a never-ending battle, and they have ways of attacking each other as well as defense mechanisms.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The climate is hot and muggy with the world's oceans as hot as a sauna. Also, it just started raining and it will not st ...Written By: Timothy JamesOCT 17, 2021Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms. Luckily, most pose no threat to us. But some harmless bacteria have the potential t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 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 12, 2021Microbiology
The atmospheric levels of methane, which is known to be a potent greenhouse gas, have been steadily increasing for many ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2021
Microbiology
There have been a few mass extinction events on our planet. One of them was apparently prolonged by microbes that were s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Advances in DNA sequencing technologies have given us unprecedented insight into the history of humanity. Researchers ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Unfortunately, it’s commonplace to hear about our seas being polluted with plastic. Many articles and research pro
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
DEC 06, 2021
Plants & Animals
Our planet has a plastic problem, and we can use innovations that use more environmentally friendly materials to replace
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2021
Health & Medicine
Western diets are known to cause environmental and health detriments. There are many studies on the effects of various f
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
DEC 02, 2021
Microbiology
The bacteria that live in the gut microbiome have gotten a lot of attention, and for good reason; gut bacteria have been
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Exposure to famine and prenatal exposure to famine has been consistently linked to a variety of health problems includin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2021
Plants & Animals
Tardigrades might be the toughest little creatures around. These minuscule eight-legged vertebrates can survive in outer
...
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 22, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Evolution has allowed organisms to adapt to their environments, sometimes in very specific ways, through changes in thei
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2021
Microbiology
Antibiotics work against bacterial infections, and for years, experts have been warning clinicians and the public to pre
...
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
Microbiology
Research has shown that the gut microbiome, which consists of trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microorga
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
By now, we all know that plastic waste is a huge problem. More than 350,000,000 tons of plastic waste are generated annu
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 09, 2021
Plants & Animals
Some people change careers, and it seems that the Harpegnathos saltator ant can do the same; worker ants can switch to q
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The Silk Road has long been known as a trade route that connected different cultures, and one area now known as the Xinj
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 28, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Genomic sequencing tools have enabled researchers to study microbial communities that are everywhere in our world, even
...
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 25, 2021
Microbiology
Microbes are engaged in a never-ending battle, and they have ways of attacking each other as well as defense mechanisms.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The climate is hot and muggy with the world's oceans as hot as a sauna. Also, it just started raining and it will not st
...
Written By:
Timothy James
OCT 17, 2021
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms. Luckily, most pose no threat to us. But some harmless bacteria have the potential t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 12, 2021
Microbiology
The atmospheric levels of methane, which is known to be a potent greenhouse gas, have been steadily increasing for many
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch