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History: is the study of the past as it is described in written documents. Events occurring before written record are considered prehistory.
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APR 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a groundbreaking achievement led by an international team that includes Clemson scientist Chris Saski, the intricatel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 23, 2015Neuroscience
The power of invisibility has long fascinated man and inspired the works of many great authors and philosophers. In a st ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 22, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
In surprising new research on the evolution of different forms of photosynthesis, scientists have found that the prized ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
To celebrate Earth Day, this article from The Independent takes an inventory of how our planet has fared since the holid ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Plants & Animals
While other squid reproduce all at once late in their lives, vampire squid appear to
alternate between reproductiv ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Health & Medicine
The body of the tiny 78-year-old woman, gray hair falling over stiffened shoulders, was brought to a hillside at Western ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Health & Medicine
A new study has found that people who engage in three to five times the recommended minimum level of leisure-time physic ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A test for a wide range of genetic risk factors could improve doctors' ability to work out which women are at increased ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Immunology
supply is of everyone's utmost concern," but more research is needed to determine how best to avoid the transfer of alle ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 10, 2015Earth & The Environment
Unearthing and burning all the earth's practically reachable fossil fuels would result in a rise in global mean temperat ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 07, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Bodies found in a 200 year-old Hungarian crypt have revealed secrets of how tuberculosis (TB) took hold in 18th century ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg is joining forces with two prominent Harvard-affiliated medical research institutions, the P ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 05, 2015Space & Astronomy
As the European Rosetta spacecraft continues to explore Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it gradually gets closer to t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
One afternoon in October 2012, a communication therapist from Manchester visited the home of Laura and her three childre ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
The Denver Zoo has announced the birth of a southern tamandua - a species of anteater - this month as part of ongoing ef ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Space & Astronomy
The brilliant explosions of dead stars have been used for years to illuminate the far-flung reaches of our cosmos. The e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 25, 2015Technology
Typing text messages, scrolling web pages, and checking your email on your smartphone could be changing the way your thu ...Written By: Will Hector
APR 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a groundbreaking achievement led by an international team that includes Clemson scientist Chris Saski, the intricatel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 23, 2015
Neuroscience
The power of invisibility has long fascinated man and inspired the works of many great authors and philosophers. In a st
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 22, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
In surprising new research on the evolution of different forms of photosynthesis, scientists have found that the prized
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 22, 2015
Earth & The Environment
To celebrate Earth Day, this article from The Independent takes an inventory of how our planet has fared since the holid
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 22, 2015
Plants & Animals
While other squid reproduce all at once late in their lives, vampire squid appear to
alternate between reproductiv ...
alternate between reproductiv ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
An international research project to sequence whole genomes from mountain gorillas has given scientists and conservation
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
The body of the tiny 78-year-old woman, gray hair falling over stiffened shoulders, was brought to a hillside at Western
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 13, 2015
Health & Medicine
A new study has found that people who engage in three to five times the recommended minimum level of leisure-time physic
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A test for a wide range of genetic risk factors could improve doctors' ability to work out which women are at increased
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 10, 2015
Immunology
supply is of everyone's utmost concern," but more research is needed to determine how best to avoid the transfer of alle
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 10, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Unearthing and burning all the earth's practically reachable fossil fuels would result in a rise in global mean temperat
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 07, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Bodies found in a 200 year-old Hungarian crypt have revealed secrets of how tuberculosis (TB) took hold in 18th century
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 07, 2015
Cancer
Biopharmaceutical firm Berg is joining forces with two prominent Harvard-affiliated medical research institutions, the P
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 05, 2015
Space & Astronomy
As the European Rosetta spacecraft continues to explore Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it gradually gets closer to t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Neuroscience
One afternoon in October 2012, a communication therapist from Manchester visited the home of Laura and her three childre
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
The Denver Zoo has announced the birth of a southern tamandua - a species of anteater - this month as part of ongoing ef
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
While it's new in terms of scientific notice, the marine creature recently discovered in Canada by a team from the Unive
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The brilliant explosions of dead stars have been used for years to illuminate the far-flung reaches of our cosmos. The e
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronaut Scott Kelly will be spending a year on the International Space Station to study the effects of long-duration s
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 25, 2015
Technology
Typing text messages, scrolling web pages, and checking your email on your smartphone could be changing the way your thu
...
Written By:
Will Hector