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Observation Study
An observational study is done by observing individuals and/or measuring a given outcome. In observational studies, no attempt is made by the researchers to intervene or alter the outcome. An example of an observational study is surveying a random group of individuals about what they eat for breakfast and determining if their breakfast habits impacted body weight.
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MAY 01, 2017Neuroscience
Men who took high doses of testosterone performed worse on a test designed to measure cognitive reflection—the pro ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 01, 2017Neuroscience
To see if students actually enjoy a class—and get along with their classmates—check their brainwaves, a new ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 28, 2017Cancer
Men who enjoy daily coffee may want to switch to the Italian-style of consuming the caffeine if they want to lower their ...APR 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 24, 2017Cancer
Foods like aged cheese, mushroom, and edamame may help prevent liver fibrosis and could possibly extend life span. This ...APR 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and because it’s so large, it’s not particularly difficult ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying the mysterious breakup of asteroid P/2013 R3 for over three years, and while the reasonin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Is being smarter an advantage? Apparently, it depends on what type of creature you are and what you do to make the world ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Cassini mission involves the probe that’s currently circling Saturn and taking vivid pictures of the gas giant ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 21, 2017Cancer
Strawberry season is in full swing, and researchers say the extract of this sweet fruit may stop the spread of breast ca ...APR 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
Imagine looking through space and seeing a super-bright supernova that you weren’t expecting to see. Then, after t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 20, 2017Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard about the tale of the man-eating lions of Tsavo, two lions essentially terrorized a gro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
The search for life in our universe, anywhere else besides Earth, continues to be a long and drawn-out process. So far, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 19, 2017Health & Medicine
A shortage of zinc, an essential mineral, could be connected to the risk of heart disease. Recent study results have sho ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a vital player in the development of colon cancer. And now, this microb ...APR 19, 2017Microbiology
Secretory IgA molecules are the antibodies that help protect our intestines from pathogens. Researchers from ETH Zurich ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
There’s renewed interest in a distant planetary body residing in our own Solar System called DeeDee (short for &ls ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope helps astronomers locate distant exoplanets, but they still appear fuzzy in the viewfinder be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 15, 2017Videos
Why is it that some animals seem to shrink and some seem to get bigger? Some studies have shown that this phenomenon occ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 14, 2017Videos
Cats of all sizes lounging in boxes of all sizes is more than just an internet phenomenon; it's a representation of how ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 13, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
As the world’s largest living, lizard, Komodo dragons are by nature already wicked cool creatures. And yet, if pos ...APR 12, 2017Immunology
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) usually kills those diagnosed within five years, due to the ability of pancreatic ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 11, 2017Neuroscience
Neuromodulation. Isn’t that a pretty cool word? Sounds like something Marvin Martian would say, but it’s no ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
The long-standing idea is that dark energy makes up at least 68% of the universe. It’s believed to help drive its ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2017
Neuroscience
Men who took high doses of testosterone performed worse on a test designed to measure cognitive reflection—the pro
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 01, 2017
Neuroscience
To see if students actually enjoy a class—and get along with their classmates—check their brainwaves, a new
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 28, 2017
Cancer
Men who enjoy daily coffee may want to switch to the Italian-style of consuming the caffeine if they want to lower their
...
APR 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 24, 2017
Cancer
Foods like aged cheese, mushroom, and edamame may help prevent liver fibrosis and could possibly extend life span. This
...
APR 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and because it’s so large, it’s not particularly difficult
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying the mysterious breakup of asteroid P/2013 R3 for over three years, and while the reasonin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Is being smarter an advantage? Apparently, it depends on what type of creature you are and what you do to make the world
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Cassini mission involves the probe that’s currently circling Saturn and taking vivid pictures of the gas giant
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2017
Cancer
Strawberry season is in full swing, and researchers say the extract of this sweet fruit may stop the spread of breast ca
...
APR 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Imagine looking through space and seeing a super-bright supernova that you weren’t expecting to see. Then, after t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard about the tale of the man-eating lions of Tsavo, two lions essentially terrorized a gro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The search for life in our universe, anywhere else besides Earth, continues to be a long and drawn-out process. So far,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 19, 2017
Health & Medicine
A shortage of zinc, an essential mineral, could be connected to the risk of heart disease. Recent study results have sho
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a vital player in the development of colon cancer. And now, this microb
...
APR 19, 2017
Microbiology
Secretory IgA molecules are the antibodies that help protect our intestines from pathogens. Researchers from ETH Zurich
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There’s renewed interest in a distant planetary body residing in our own Solar System called DeeDee (short for &ls
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope helps astronomers locate distant exoplanets, but they still appear fuzzy in the viewfinder be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2017
Videos
Why is it that some animals seem to shrink and some seem to get bigger? Some studies have shown that this phenomenon occ
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 14, 2017
Videos
Cats of all sizes lounging in boxes of all sizes is more than just an internet phenomenon; it's a representation of how
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 13, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
As the world’s largest living, lizard, Komodo dragons are by nature already wicked cool creatures. And yet, if pos
...
APR 12, 2017
Immunology
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) usually kills those diagnosed within five years, due to the ability of pancreatic
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 11, 2017
Neuroscience
Neuromodulation. Isn’t that a pretty cool word? Sounds like something Marvin Martian would say, but it’s no
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The long-standing idea is that dark energy makes up at least 68% of the universe. It’s believed to help drive its
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard