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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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SEP 18, 2017Earth & The Environment
Using waste toilet paper (WTP) to do anything even remotely productive may seem completely unreasonable, not to mention ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
Although Venus was long regarded as Earth’s sister planet, planetary scientists are unraveling the Venusian secret ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 15, 2017Microbiology
A new type of enzyme has been discovered in hundreds of bacterial species, and researchers say it helps reveal how bacte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 15, 2017Plants & Animals
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially announced this week that the snow leopard ( ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Earl Maize officially called the end of the Cassini mission on Friday as the agency ordered the probe into ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 14, 2017Earth & The Environment
California has set about an ambitious goal to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2045. The legislation, called Senate B ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 14, 2017Plants & Animals
The night parrot is an elusive nocturnal bird that’s native to select parts of Australia. While it has been spotte ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Giant panda lovers have a reason to feel a little melancholy this week, as the world’s oldest captive giant panda ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 13, 2017Videos
Cyanide is a lethal chemical that was commonly used in suicidal pills throughout World War II to prevent captured spies ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
While the changes were small, investigators believe they have found evidence that humans are still undergoing evolutiona ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2017Videos
Hurricanes are powerful forces of nature, but have you ever wondered what happens when two of them happen to run into on ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 12, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal poachers commonly target rhinos because of the large horns situated on their heads. The horns carry high monetary ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2017Videos
Epsom salt baths are often recommended as an easy at-home remedy for sore muscles. But not many people know what these s ...SEP 09, 2017Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies are among some of the world’s most precious insects, not just because they’re beautiful ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
The longstanding question of whether we’re alone in the universe brings up a stressing amount of follow-up questio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 08, 2017Plants & Animals
Several animals, including bats, use a navigation technique known as echolocation, which utilizes high-frequency sound e ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 06, 2017Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an ...SEP 03, 2017Videos
When it comes to sexual fetishes, many different processes take place inside the brain that triggers the attraction. Mos ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2017Plants & Animals
The Los Angeles Zoo is proud to welcome two new Francois’ langur monkeys to their animal lineup. They were born ea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions astronomers can ask after discovering new exoplanets is whether they’re habitable. Th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Research has demonstrated that a new therapy is effective at treating Parkinson's disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2017Plants & Animals
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced on Friday the discovery of at least 381 new species throughout the Amazon rainfo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 30, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found that there is an excess of protein production in a rare disorder that causes premature aging, Hutc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2017Plants & Animals
Birds can take incredibly long trips when foraging or migrating, but the hidden mechanisms behind how they find their wa ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Using waste toilet paper (WTP) to do anything even remotely productive may seem completely unreasonable, not to mention
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Although Venus was long regarded as Earth’s sister planet, planetary scientists are unraveling the Venusian secret
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 15, 2017
Microbiology
A new type of enzyme has been discovered in hundreds of bacterial species, and researchers say it helps reveal how bacte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially announced this week that the snow leopard (
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Earl Maize officially called the end of the Cassini mission on Friday as the agency ordered the probe into
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
California has set about an ambitious goal to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2045. The legislation, called Senate B
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
The night parrot is an elusive nocturnal bird that’s native to select parts of Australia. While it has been spotte
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Giant panda lovers have a reason to feel a little melancholy this week, as the world’s oldest captive giant panda
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 13, 2017
Videos
Cyanide is a lethal chemical that was commonly used in suicidal pills throughout World War II to prevent captured spies
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
While the changes were small, investigators believe they have found evidence that humans are still undergoing evolutiona
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2017
Videos
Hurricanes are powerful forces of nature, but have you ever wondered what happens when two of them happen to run into on
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal poachers commonly target rhinos because of the large horns situated on their heads. The horns carry high monetary
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2017
Videos
Epsom salt baths are often recommended as an easy at-home remedy for sore muscles. But not many people know what these s
...
SEP 09, 2017
Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies are among some of the world’s most precious insects, not just because they’re beautiful
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The longstanding question of whether we’re alone in the universe brings up a stressing amount of follow-up questio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Several animals, including bats, use a navigation technique known as echolocation, which utilizes high-frequency sound e
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 06, 2017
Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an
...
SEP 03, 2017
Videos
When it comes to sexual fetishes, many different processes take place inside the brain that triggers the attraction. Mos
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
The Los Angeles Zoo is proud to welcome two new Francois’ langur monkeys to their animal lineup. They were born ea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions astronomers can ask after discovering new exoplanets is whether they’re habitable. Th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Research has demonstrated that a new therapy is effective at treating Parkinson's disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced on Friday the discovery of at least 381 new species throughout the Amazon rainfo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 30, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found that there is an excess of protein production in a rare disorder that causes premature aging, Hutc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
Birds can take incredibly long trips when foraging or migrating, but the hidden mechanisms behind how they find their wa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard