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Human Behavior
Human Behavior: is the response of individuals or groups of humans to internal and external stimuli. It refers to the array of every physical action and observable emotion associated with individuals, as well as the human race.
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APR 15, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
New work may help explain why sugar cravings are so hard to satisfy.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 14, 2020Microbiology
Some have looked economic data and suggested that social distancing has gone too far, but a study shows it's saving us f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 14, 2020Plants & Animals
Bats are some of the most infamous carriers of zoonotic viruses, which are viruses capable of spreading between both ani ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 13, 2020Microbiology
The majority of living organisms on Earth have adapted in some way to the daily cycle of night and day.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2020Plants & Animals
If you’re a rhino of any kind, then you’d probably always want to keep your distance from humans. Rhinos hav ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 08, 2020Neuroscience
It's easy to gauge a dog or cat's emotion by reading their facial expression, but the same has been historically ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAPR 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mutations in a single gene had different biological impacts depending on the context.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2020Plants & Animals
Rare giant snails are quite literally both rare and giant. These creatures can grow to the size of a human fist, and onl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2020Cannabis Sciences
A recent study from Washington State University has found that rats with regular access to cannabis tend to show drug-se ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 30, 2020Neuroscience
Although stress has a pretty bad reputation- often touted as a major compounding factor for many diseases- some stress i ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 29, 2020Neuroscience
Around 5.5 million people in the US suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease. Now, research has found that reducing the bod ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 29, 2020Plants & Animals
When it comes to wild cats, much of the spotlight gets put on nature’s largest and most fearsome, such as the lion ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 22, 2020Plants & Animals
Narwhals are often referred to as the ‘unicorns of the sea’ because of the unicorn-esque tusks they grow on ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 22, 2020Microbiology
Outliers exist everywhere in nature, and it seems they serve an important purpose.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2020Genetics & Genomics
When developing fetuses are exposed to any amount of alcohol, they are at risk for a variety of irreversible birth defec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2020Earth & The Environment
Some might think that stepping on a LEGO brick is the worst thing about those toys. However, a new study from the Univer ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 12, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Epigenetic changes modify how genes are switched on and off, without altering DNA’s genetic code sequence. These e ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 08, 2020Plants & Animals
People generally avoid hurting others because they feel a sense of empathy, which is the ability to share or understand ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 07, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Whether or not someone enjoys the effects of cannabis tends to depend on how it makes them feel. For example, although f ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 01, 2020Neuroscience
A team of researchers from the University of Southern California have developed a “socially assistive robot” ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 01, 2020Microbiology
The microbes in our digestive tract can affect human health in many ways.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2020Microbiology
There's been a rise in harmful stereotyping and discrimination against certain populations because of coronavirus.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 22, 2020Neuroscience
A researcher from Oxford University, UK, has found that certain gut bacteria may be able to influence our personality tr ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 17, 2020Cancer
Research published today in Nature Methods reports a new technique of “listening” to cancer cells. Whil ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 15, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work may help explain why sugar cravings are so hard to satisfy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2020
Microbiology
Some have looked economic data and suggested that social distancing has gone too far, but a study shows it's saving us f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
Bats are some of the most infamous carriers of zoonotic viruses, which are viruses capable of spreading between both ani
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 13, 2020
Microbiology
The majority of living organisms on Earth have adapted in some way to the daily cycle of night and day.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2020
Plants & Animals
If you’re a rhino of any kind, then you’d probably always want to keep your distance from humans. Rhinos hav
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2020
Neuroscience
It's easy to gauge a dog or cat's emotion by reading their facial expression, but the same has been historically
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mutations in a single gene had different biological impacts depending on the context.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2020
Plants & Animals
Rare giant snails are quite literally both rare and giant. These creatures can grow to the size of a human fist, and onl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
A recent study from Washington State University has found that rats with regular access to cannabis tend to show drug-se
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 30, 2020
Neuroscience
Although stress has a pretty bad reputation- often touted as a major compounding factor for many diseases- some stress i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 29, 2020
Neuroscience
Around 5.5 million people in the US suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease. Now, research has found that reducing the bod
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 29, 2020
Plants & Animals
When it comes to wild cats, much of the spotlight gets put on nature’s largest and most fearsome, such as the lion
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2020
Plants & Animals
Narwhals are often referred to as the ‘unicorns of the sea’ because of the unicorn-esque tusks they grow on
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2020
Microbiology
Outliers exist everywhere in nature, and it seems they serve an important purpose.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
When developing fetuses are exposed to any amount of alcohol, they are at risk for a variety of irreversible birth defec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Some might think that stepping on a LEGO brick is the worst thing about those toys. However, a new study from the Univer
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 12, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Epigenetic changes modify how genes are switched on and off, without altering DNA’s genetic code sequence. These e
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 08, 2020
Plants & Animals
People generally avoid hurting others because they feel a sense of empathy, which is the ability to share or understand
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 07, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Whether or not someone enjoys the effects of cannabis tends to depend on how it makes them feel. For example, although f
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 01, 2020
Neuroscience
A team of researchers from the University of Southern California have developed a “socially assistive robot”
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 01, 2020
Microbiology
The microbes in our digestive tract can affect human health in many ways.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2020
Microbiology
There's been a rise in harmful stereotyping and discrimination against certain populations because of coronavirus.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 22, 2020
Neuroscience
A researcher from Oxford University, UK, has found that certain gut bacteria may be able to influence our personality tr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 17, 2020
Cancer
Research published today in Nature Methods reports a new technique of “listening” to cancer cells. Whil
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan