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Fertility: is the natural capability to produce offspring. As a measure, fertility rate is the number of offspring born per pair. Fertility differs from fecundity, which is defined as the potential for reproduction.
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MAY 28, 2018Plants & Animals
Stick insects look just like the naturally-occurring sticks and twigs that surround them in a forest. This is an aesthet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 18, 2018Earth & The Environment
There has long been controversy regarding the adverse effects of logging, especially concerning the practice of whole-tr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2018Earth & The Environment
Let me lay down a little equation for you about hippos: 3,000 lb hippo eats 100 lbs veg per day => ? lbs dung in wate ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 14, 2018Plants & Animals
As you drive down the road and gaze off to the side, you may see a variety of plants growing near the roadside. But new ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 02, 2018Earth & The Environment
I recently wrote about the new study that came out in Nature regarding the point of no-return for the Great Barrie ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 24, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A new therapy known as ‘prostate artery embolization’ or PAE seeks to treat the non-cancerous enlargement of ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 23, 2018Earth & The Environment
Grasslands cover about a quarter of the world’s land and are the most agriculturally important biome. Though they ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 23, 2018Neuroscience
"Stress Kills" is a familiar refrain from healthcare providers, fitness professionals, counselors and anyone e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 16, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Although energy and industry sectors are often to blame for producing excessive greenhouse gas, agriculture, on th ...Written By: Daniel DuanAPR 09, 2018Videos
Locust swarms find direction from an unusual cue - microbes. Researchers have found that bacteria that live within locus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2018Earth & The Environment
Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts was made famous by Henry David Thoreau after his experience of living shore-side ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 05, 2018Genetics & Genomics
An Ancestry test revealed a shocking truth to one family, and a woman has now filed a lawsuit against a fertility doctor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Crops that are developed using the CRISPR gene editing tool won't be regulated as long as no foreign DNA is introduced.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 27, 2018Videos
SpaceX's successful Falcon Heavy rocket launch in February marked a significant milestone for space travel. It's potenti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 22, 2018Videos
It does seem gross, but yes, human feces can be used to fertilize crops. It's actually still being done, and some expert ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2018Earth & The Environment
World Water Day 2018 has arrived in full regale, celebrating 25 years of existence. This year, the theme is The Answer i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 20, 2018Plants & Animals
Only three Northern white rhinos remained on the entire planet, but that number dropped to just two on Tuesday after Sud ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2018Microbiology
It’s estimated that by 2050, there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet, and they will all need to be fe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2018Plants & Animals
Just three Northern white rhinos walk the Earth today; two of those are young females, while the third is an elderly mal ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 01, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Compost of your yard waste or rotten leftovers not just make good soils additives and fertilizer, but it can also be tur ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 20, 2018Microbiology
Our bodies need insulin to control the amount of sugar we have in our blood. Diabetes happens when that process fails, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 10, 2018Videos
Researchers were able, for the first time, to grow early-stage human egg cells in the laboratory until they were fully m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2018Earth & The Environment
An earthquake is usually associated with destruction and devastation, not new life. But last month’s quake that st ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 06, 2018Health & Medicine
Ibuprofen, sold under trade names like Advil and Motrin, is a common non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that m ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Stick insects look just like the naturally-occurring sticks and twigs that surround them in a forest. This is an aesthet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 18, 2018
Earth & The Environment
There has long been controversy regarding the adverse effects of logging, especially concerning the practice of whole-tr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Let me lay down a little equation for you about hippos: 3,000 lb hippo eats 100 lbs veg per day => ? lbs dung in wate
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 14, 2018
Plants & Animals
As you drive down the road and gaze off to the side, you may see a variety of plants growing near the roadside. But new
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 02, 2018
Earth & The Environment
I recently wrote about the new study that came out in Nature regarding the point of no-return for the Great Barrie
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A new therapy known as ‘prostate artery embolization’ or PAE seeks to treat the non-cancerous enlargement of
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 23, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Grasslands cover about a quarter of the world’s land and are the most agriculturally important biome. Though they
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 23, 2018
Neuroscience
"Stress Kills" is a familiar refrain from healthcare providers, fitness professionals, counselors and anyone e
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 16, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Although energy and industry sectors are often to blame for producing excessive greenhouse gas, agriculture, on th
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
APR 09, 2018
Videos
Locust swarms find direction from an unusual cue - microbes. Researchers have found that bacteria that live within locus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts was made famous by Henry David Thoreau after his experience of living shore-side
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 05, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
An Ancestry test revealed a shocking truth to one family, and a woman has now filed a lawsuit against a fertility doctor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Crops that are developed using the CRISPR gene editing tool won't be regulated as long as no foreign DNA is introduced.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2018
Videos
SpaceX's successful Falcon Heavy rocket launch in February marked a significant milestone for space travel. It's potenti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2018
Videos
It does seem gross, but yes, human feces can be used to fertilize crops. It's actually still being done, and some expert
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
World Water Day 2018 has arrived in full regale, celebrating 25 years of existence. This year, the theme is The Answer i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2018
Plants & Animals
Only three Northern white rhinos remained on the entire planet, but that number dropped to just two on Tuesday after Sud
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2018
Microbiology
It’s estimated that by 2050, there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet, and they will all need to be fe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2018
Plants & Animals
Just three Northern white rhinos walk the Earth today; two of those are young females, while the third is an elderly mal
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 01, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Compost of your yard waste or rotten leftovers not just make good soils additives and fertilizer, but it can also be tur
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 20, 2018
Microbiology
Our bodies need insulin to control the amount of sugar we have in our blood. Diabetes happens when that process fails, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2018
Videos
Researchers were able, for the first time, to grow early-stage human egg cells in the laboratory until they were fully m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2018
Earth & The Environment
An earthquake is usually associated with destruction and devastation, not new life. But last month’s quake that st
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 06, 2018
Health & Medicine
Ibuprofen, sold under trade names like Advil and Motrin, is a common non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that m
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim