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Fertility
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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FEB 05, 2018Earth & The Environment
We know that pesticides can be dangerous; they have been shown to be health hazards for humans, wildlife, and the enviro ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 03, 2018Microbiology
Zika virus only impacts six to twelve percent of children born to infected mothers. Researchers are learning exactly why ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2018Chemistry & Physics
According to a recently published study on the American Chemical Society journal ACS Catalysis, a team of engineering re ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 18, 2018Videos
Female foam-nesting tree frogs have earned the reputation as some of the most promiscuous females in the vertebrate worl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 16, 2018Health & Medicine
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a miracle for those who want children but have difficulty conceiving. Eggs that are fert ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 09, 2018Microbiology
Humanity will need to find solutions to feed a growing population; there are 7.6 billion people on the planet, a number ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Worms that can reproduce by fertilizing themselves might have lost around a quarter of their genome to do so.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2018Earth & The Environment
To add another problem to ocean life, on top of plastic waste and overfishing, let’s introduce dead zones! Dead zo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 02, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Women are born with all of the eggs they will have, and maintaining those cells until it's time to start releasing them ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2018Plants & Animals
Salmon do a lot of migrating in their lives, but sometimes the older fish die once they’ve returned home. While it ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 30, 2017Earth & The Environment
Using streams to monitor the health of an ecosystem has been in the scientist’s toolbox for a while now. That&rsqu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 18, 2017Earth & The Environment
Ho ho ho, and happy holidays to all! All, that is, except for the environment, which takes a major toll in carbon footpr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 01, 2017Videos
Are you a sperm bank baby? Or are your children? Maybe you're just thinking about using a sperm donor and want to learn ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 29, 2017Earth & The Environment
BMAA is a toxin that has been linked to several neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 24, 2017Technology
The Zera™ Food Recycler is a kitchen device that can turn food scraps into fertilizer within 24 hours.Written By: Julia TraversNOV 19, 2017Technology
Despite the advancements and diversity of toilets, about 4.5 billion people or 60 percent of the world's population are ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 18, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes with edited genomes have been created in the lab, with the aim of reducing disease and controlling mosquito p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2017Plants & Animals
There has long been speculation that trees grow faster in urban environments than their rural counterparts, and research ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 14, 2017Technology
In hydroponic agriculture, plants are grown in nutrient-enriched water. Most hydroponic farms are indoors and climate-co ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 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 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Smoke from factories, incinerators, and cigarette smoke contains chemicals that can disrupt the crucial early stages of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2017Earth & The Environment
A report released Monday by the United Nation's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has not so good news for the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans are not alone in developing Alzheimer's Disease, although it is seen in very few other species.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Using cutting-edge gene-editing technologies, Japanese scientists have modified hens to produce eggs that now contain a ...
FEB 05, 2018
Earth & The Environment
We know that pesticides can be dangerous; they have been shown to be health hazards for humans, wildlife, and the enviro
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 03, 2018
Microbiology
Zika virus only impacts six to twelve percent of children born to infected mothers. Researchers are learning exactly why
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
According to a recently published study on the American Chemical Society journal ACS Catalysis, a team of engineering re
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 18, 2018
Videos
Female foam-nesting tree frogs have earned the reputation as some of the most promiscuous females in the vertebrate worl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 16, 2018
Health & Medicine
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a miracle for those who want children but have difficulty conceiving. Eggs that are fert
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 09, 2018
Microbiology
Humanity will need to find solutions to feed a growing population; there are 7.6 billion people on the planet, a number
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Worms that can reproduce by fertilizing themselves might have lost around a quarter of their genome to do so.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2018
Earth & The Environment
To add another problem to ocean life, on top of plastic waste and overfishing, let’s introduce dead zones! Dead zo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 02, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Women are born with all of the eggs they will have, and maintaining those cells until it's time to start releasing them
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2018
Plants & Animals
Salmon do a lot of migrating in their lives, but sometimes the older fish die once they’ve returned home. While it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 30, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Using streams to monitor the health of an ecosystem has been in the scientist’s toolbox for a while now. That&rsqu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 18, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Ho ho ho, and happy holidays to all! All, that is, except for the environment, which takes a major toll in carbon footpr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 01, 2017
Videos
Are you a sperm bank baby? Or are your children? Maybe you're just thinking about using a sperm donor and want to learn
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 29, 2017
Earth & The Environment
BMAA is a toxin that has been linked to several neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 24, 2017
Technology
The Zera™ Food Recycler is a kitchen device that can turn food scraps into fertilizer within 24 hours.
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 19, 2017
Technology
Despite the advancements and diversity of toilets, about 4.5 billion people or 60 percent of the world's population are
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 18, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes with edited genomes have been created in the lab, with the aim of reducing disease and controlling mosquito p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
There has long been speculation that trees grow faster in urban environments than their rural counterparts, and research
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 14, 2017
Technology
In hydroponic agriculture, plants are grown in nutrient-enriched water. Most hydroponic farms are indoors and climate-co
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
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 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Smoke from factories, incinerators, and cigarette smoke contains chemicals that can disrupt the crucial early stages of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A report released Monday by the United Nation's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has not so good news for the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans are not alone in developing Alzheimer's Disease, although it is seen in very few other species.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Using cutting-edge gene-editing technologies, Japanese scientists have modified hens to produce eggs that now contain a
...