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Natural Sciences
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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JUN 13, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Hailed as a revolutionary technique that had many potential applications, two new studies show that we should proceed wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2018Technology
Cloth made from hemp outperforms many other textiles in staph resistance.Written By: Julia TraversJUN 13, 2018Neuroscience
“Birds of a feather, flock together” is a saying that tells us those with common interests will tend to asso ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 12, 2018Plants & Animals
The innumerable amounts of plastic and bits of trash that reside in Earth’s oceans have been wreaking a lot of hav ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 11, 2018Plants & Animals
The African Baobab tree has a reputation for being one of the largest and oldest trees on the continent. These trees spo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 11, 2018Microbiology
Microbes can pick up new pieces of genetic material; now it's been captured in action for the first time.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always attempting to answer the seemingly endless stream of questions that arise from studying outer spa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 06, 2018Technology
The nonprofit Rainforest Connection invented a new way to monitor rainforests for logging.Written By: Julia TraversJUN 06, 2018Earth & The Environment
Within Canada, there are 295 utility-scale wind farms currently operating. That is a big number (though not as big as we ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 05, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that the intensive pumping of groundwater is doing m ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 04, 2018Microbiology
Clearing bacterial infections from the body can present challenges. Engineers are trying to use nanorobots for such situ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2018Earth & The Environment
You have probably read the story of the Lupine Lady – about the life of the woman who lived by the sea and spread ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 04, 2018Plants & Animals
Plastic bags have become a severe nuisance to the environment. Many make their way into Earth’s oceans as pollutio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 30, 2018Plants & Animals
Unraveling the mysteries of prehistoric life on Earth can be a daunting task. Researchers often derive clues from uneart ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 30, 2018Cannabis Sciences
For the first time, a form of medicinal cannabis has been shown to reduce—and even stop—seizures in some chi ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 30, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Researchers investigated the potential connections between the endocannabinoid system and tumor cell growth inhibition i ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 29, 2018Earth & The Environment
There’s bad news on the horizon for the global economy, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Chang ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 29, 2018Plants & Animals
After analyzing 42 different sites scattered throughout the Neotropics, researchers from the University of Stirling disc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2018Cancer
Our gut microbiota is unique, but many organisms are shared across populations of people. Early research shows a connec ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 29, 2018Neuroscience
Brainwaves are a demonstration of the electrical signals that are passing through the brain between different neurons. T ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 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 28, 2018Cannabis Sciences
New research shows coffee can affect our metabolism in dozens of ways—including our metabolism of steroids and the ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 28, 2018Plants & Animals
Upon carefully examining 16 years’ worth of African elephant family movements, researchers from Colorado State Uni ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 27, 2018Genetics & Genomics
One way cells regulate their genome is with epigenetic tags, reversible markers that can help control when and where gen ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Hailed as a revolutionary technique that had many potential applications, two new studies show that we should proceed wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2018
Technology
Cloth made from hemp outperforms many other textiles in staph resistance.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUN 13, 2018
Neuroscience
“Birds of a feather, flock together” is a saying that tells us those with common interests will tend to asso
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 12, 2018
Plants & Animals
The innumerable amounts of plastic and bits of trash that reside in Earth’s oceans have been wreaking a lot of hav
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 11, 2018
Plants & Animals
The African Baobab tree has a reputation for being one of the largest and oldest trees on the continent. These trees spo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 11, 2018
Microbiology
Microbes can pick up new pieces of genetic material; now it's been captured in action for the first time.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always attempting to answer the seemingly endless stream of questions that arise from studying outer spa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 06, 2018
Technology
The nonprofit Rainforest Connection invented a new way to monitor rainforests for logging.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUN 06, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Within Canada, there are 295 utility-scale wind farms currently operating. That is a big number (though not as big as we
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 05, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that the intensive pumping of groundwater is doing m
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 04, 2018
Microbiology
Clearing bacterial infections from the body can present challenges. Engineers are trying to use nanorobots for such situ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2018
Earth & The Environment
You have probably read the story of the Lupine Lady – about the life of the woman who lived by the sea and spread
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 04, 2018
Plants & Animals
Plastic bags have become a severe nuisance to the environment. Many make their way into Earth’s oceans as pollutio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 30, 2018
Plants & Animals
Unraveling the mysteries of prehistoric life on Earth can be a daunting task. Researchers often derive clues from uneart
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 30, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
For the first time, a form of medicinal cannabis has been shown to reduce—and even stop—seizures in some chi
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 30, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers investigated the potential connections between the endocannabinoid system and tumor cell growth inhibition i
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 29, 2018
Earth & The Environment
There’s bad news on the horizon for the global economy, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Chang
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 29, 2018
Plants & Animals
After analyzing 42 different sites scattered throughout the Neotropics, researchers from the University of Stirling disc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2018
Cancer
Our gut microbiota is unique, but many organisms are shared across populations of people. Early research shows a connec
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 29, 2018
Neuroscience
Brainwaves are a demonstration of the electrical signals that are passing through the brain between different neurons. T
...
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 28, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
New research shows coffee can affect our metabolism in dozens of ways—including our metabolism of steroids and the
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Upon carefully examining 16 years’ worth of African elephant family movements, researchers from Colorado State Uni
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 27, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
One way cells regulate their genome is with epigenetic tags, reversible markers that can help control when and where gen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch