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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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MAR 31, 2020Cannabis Sciences
A remarkable amount of the cannabis genome is either missing from the map or has yet to be mapped at all. Researchers fr ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 30, 2020Plants & Animals
Deep-sea dwellers are among some of the most intriguing marine creatures in the world, partly because it isn’t ver ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 30, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The gene enables bacteria to resist the effects of an aminoglycoside antibiotic called plazomycin.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 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 29, 2020Plants & Animals
When snakes feel threatened, they may lash out at the aggressor with a painful bite out of self-defense. In some cases, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 28, 2020Earth & The Environment
Agriculture takes up over a third of the land area around the globe. In the last several decades, the politicization of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 27, 2020Earth & The Environment
We all know how bad it is for the planet and for our own public health, so why can’t we just say no, once and for ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 25, 2020Chemistry & Physics
We knew it existed; we just never saw it before. No, I’m not talking about the Easter Bunny, rather the quantum ph ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies often need to make many copies of RNA or DNA before they are detectable. New research aims to change tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Cataclysmic bombshells to society- be they actual bombshells by means of war, or metaphorical ones by natural catastroph ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 23, 2020Technology
Would it not be great having a robot doing your chores? Well, researchers at MIT have designed a system that can trainin ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 23, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies aim to diagnose a disease with only a bit of biological fluid, usually blood.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications shows evidence of a recently discovered source of carbon in the Arctic, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 22, 2020Plants & Animals
As a general rule of thumb, most of the world’s wild animals keep their instinctual mating practices within their ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 22, 2020Microbiology
Outliers exist everywhere in nature, and it seems they serve an important purpose.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 21, 2020Chemistry & Physics
The Abel Prize, organized by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, is the world's highest honor in mathemati ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 18, 2020Earth & The Environment
By now, you’ve probably heard of microplastics, which have infiltrated the environment from the deepest parts of t ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 17, 2020Earth & The Environment
One of the challenges facing conservationists today is understanding best investment practices – in other words, w ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 16, 2020Plants & Animals
The animal world is chock-full of critters that do seemingly odd or unusual things. The decorator crab is one such examp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 15, 2020Earth & The Environment
While watching grass grow might not seem like the most exciting activity, what about corn!? New research published in&nb ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 14, 2020Genetics & Genomics
As data is collected on the pandemic virus, it appears to be collecting mutations at a rate of about 24 every year.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 12, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Erwin Schroedinger, a Nobel-winning physicist and quantum mechanics pioneer, developed a set of concepts that are fundam ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 10, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research from The Australian National University (ANU) and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes sheds l ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 10, 2020Chemistry & Physics
In a recently published study, a group of Czech Republic researchers from the puts together two materials that are unlik ...Written By: Daniel Duan
MAR 31, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
A remarkable amount of the cannabis genome is either missing from the map or has yet to be mapped at all. Researchers fr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 30, 2020
Plants & Animals
Deep-sea dwellers are among some of the most intriguing marine creatures in the world, partly because it isn’t ver
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The gene enables bacteria to resist the effects of an aminoglycoside antibiotic called plazomycin.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 29, 2020
Plants & Animals
When snakes feel threatened, they may lash out at the aggressor with a painful bite out of self-defense. In some cases,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 28, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Agriculture takes up over a third of the land area around the globe. In the last several decades, the politicization of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 27, 2020
Earth & The Environment
We all know how bad it is for the planet and for our own public health, so why can’t we just say no, once and for
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 25, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
We knew it existed; we just never saw it before. No, I’m not talking about the Easter Bunny, rather the quantum ph
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies often need to make many copies of RNA or DNA before they are detectable. New research aims to change tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Cataclysmic bombshells to society- be they actual bombshells by means of war, or metaphorical ones by natural catastroph
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 23, 2020
Technology
Would it not be great having a robot doing your chores? Well, researchers at MIT have designed a system that can trainin
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 23, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies aim to diagnose a disease with only a bit of biological fluid, usually blood.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications shows evidence of a recently discovered source of carbon in the Arctic,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 22, 2020
Plants & Animals
As a general rule of thumb, most of the world’s wild animals keep their instinctual mating practices within their
...
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 21, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
The Abel Prize, organized by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, is the world's highest honor in mathemati
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 18, 2020
Earth & The Environment
By now, you’ve probably heard of microplastics, which have infiltrated the environment from the deepest parts of t
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 17, 2020
Earth & The Environment
One of the challenges facing conservationists today is understanding best investment practices – in other words, w
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
The animal world is chock-full of critters that do seemingly odd or unusual things. The decorator crab is one such examp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2020
Earth & The Environment
While watching grass grow might not seem like the most exciting activity, what about corn!? New research published in&nb
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 14, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
As data is collected on the pandemic virus, it appears to be collecting mutations at a rate of about 24 every year.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Erwin Schroedinger, a Nobel-winning physicist and quantum mechanics pioneer, developed a set of concepts that are fundam
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 10, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research from The Australian National University (ANU) and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes sheds l
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 10, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
In a recently published study, a group of Czech Republic researchers from the puts together two materials that are unlik
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan