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Natural sciences are concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena which are based on emperical evidence. Branches of natural sciences include physical sciences (chemistry, physics, astronomy) and life sciences (biology, zoology).
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AUG 14, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria don't only have their own DNA. They also have their own ribosomes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2018Microbiology
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are not as effective as they once were.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2018Space & Astronomy
While scanning far and wide with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), astronomers fro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2018Earth & The Environment
Flash back to the last deglaciation, some 19,000–9,000 years ago. During this time, atmospheric CO2 increased sign ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 13, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
A clinical trial that is the first of its kind has been started in Japan.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2018Health & Medicine
If you’re stranded somewhere without any potable drinking water, and your body is dying of thirst, should you cons ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 12, 2018Technology
Investigators at MIT have developed a one of a kind wearable soft hardware clothes that are capable of optically communi ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 11, 2018Technology
Can a video game build positive growth for children? According to a study published in the Science of Learning (a Nature ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 10, 2018Videos
Did you know that cuttlefish can change color, texture, and shape? Did you know they contain a bone called the cuttlebon ...Written By: Amanda KahlAUG 09, 2018Health & Medicine
The brain controls the entire body. Every function, every thought, memory, and movement starts in the brain. It’s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 08, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Not all fat is the same. Brown fat is thought to be fat healthier than white fat.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
A brutal lung disease called Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP) is caused by a thick substance known as surfactant tha ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 08, 2018Videos
What's the first thing you do when you get home with freshly bought fruits and vegetables? You wash them off to make ...Written By: Amanda KahlAUG 07, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Synthetic cannabinoid substance make-up is evolving and changing more rapidly than diagnostic testing can detect. One g ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAUG 06, 2018Plants & Animals
Fish depend on olfaction for a plethora of things, including food discovery, predator evasion, navigation, and recogniti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 05, 2018Microbiology
The bacteria living in the soils of Earth seem locked in battle with the fungi there.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This rare type of cell seems to play a major role in cystic fibrosis.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2018Microbiology
Temperatures are on the rise, and it seems soil will become another factor in how our climate changes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2018Plants & Animals
Citing animal conservationists employed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), at least 95% of th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 30, 2018Space & Astronomy
Mars is a bleak and lifeless place today, at least when compared to Earth’s standards. With that in mind, it&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 30, 2018Earth & The Environment
So, there are two types of chromium that we need to think about at the moment: the benign, natural form of the chemical, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 30, 2018Plants & Animals
Kenya’s Wildlife Services (KWS) are under a magnifying glass this week after a tenth black rhino has died amid att ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
All the structures in the body arise from a fertilized cell, and scientists are learning more about how that happens.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2018Genetics & Genomics
All cells carry a gene named p53, which has a vital role in shielding the body from cancer. But it can betray cells too.Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria don't only have their own DNA. They also have their own ribosomes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2018
Microbiology
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are not as effective as they once were.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2018
Space & Astronomy
While scanning far and wide with the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), astronomers fro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Flash back to the last deglaciation, some 19,000–9,000 years ago. During this time, atmospheric CO2 increased sign
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 13, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
A clinical trial that is the first of its kind has been started in Japan.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2018
Health & Medicine
If you’re stranded somewhere without any potable drinking water, and your body is dying of thirst, should you cons
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 12, 2018
Technology
Investigators at MIT have developed a one of a kind wearable soft hardware clothes that are capable of optically communi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 11, 2018
Technology
Can a video game build positive growth for children? According to a study published in the Science of Learning (a Nature
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 10, 2018
Videos
Did you know that cuttlefish can change color, texture, and shape? Did you know they contain a bone called the cuttlebon
...
Written By:
Amanda Kahl
AUG 09, 2018
Health & Medicine
The brain controls the entire body. Every function, every thought, memory, and movement starts in the brain. It’s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 08, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Not all fat is the same. Brown fat is thought to be fat healthier than white fat.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
A brutal lung disease called Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP) is caused by a thick substance known as surfactant tha
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 08, 2018
Videos
What's the first thing you do when you get home with freshly bought fruits and vegetables? You wash them off to make
...
Written By:
Amanda Kahl
AUG 07, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Synthetic cannabinoid substance make-up is evolving and changing more rapidly than diagnostic testing can detect. One g
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
AUG 06, 2018
Plants & Animals
Fish depend on olfaction for a plethora of things, including food discovery, predator evasion, navigation, and recogniti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2018
Microbiology
The bacteria living in the soils of Earth seem locked in battle with the fungi there.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This rare type of cell seems to play a major role in cystic fibrosis.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2018
Microbiology
Temperatures are on the rise, and it seems soil will become another factor in how our climate changes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2018
Plants & Animals
Citing animal conservationists employed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), at least 95% of th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 30, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Mars is a bleak and lifeless place today, at least when compared to Earth’s standards. With that in mind, it&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 30, 2018
Earth & The Environment
So, there are two types of chromium that we need to think about at the moment: the benign, natural form of the chemical,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 30, 2018
Plants & Animals
Kenya’s Wildlife Services (KWS) are under a magnifying glass this week after a tenth black rhino has died amid att
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
All the structures in the body arise from a fertilized cell, and scientists are learning more about how that happens.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
All cells carry a gene named p53, which has a vital role in shielding the body from cancer. But it can betray cells too.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch