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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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JUN 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA is about to get up close and personal with Jupiter, the largest known planet in our solar system. On July 4th, afte ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New work published in Molecular Psychiatry now reports an association of CNV and schizophrenia. In collaboration wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2016Space & Astronomy
Neptune is the outermost planet in our solar system, just before Pluto, which used to be a planet, but is now considered ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 24, 2016Plants & Animals
Sparrows, like humans, are a monogamous species that prefer to live with one partner for their entire life. Of course, t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Fish are often seen as creatures with simple minds. Many even believe that they have short intention spans and short-ter ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 23, 2016Space & Astronomy
We are constantly finding new exoplanets out there, and many of them seem to orbit their host stars in what’s know ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 23, 2016Microbiology
The spirit of competition often spurs people to do amazing things, and scientists have decided to use that inspiration t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2016Cancer
A new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health announced a perplexing finding: people with ...JUN 23, 2016Videos
In a paper published in 1807, Prussian naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt claimed to have observed South Ame ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 22, 2016Immunology
Scientists say they have a clearer picture of how Zika virus infects a developing fetus, migrating from the mo ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 22, 2016Neuroscience
Depression is a serious medical problem that can be devastating to those who suffer with it as well as to their families ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 21, 2016Videos
There are several hypotheses for the widely known phenomenon of contagious yawning. One of these is physiological hypoth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 20, 2016Plants & Animals
Bearded dragons are reptiles that love heat. It’s no doubt that they thrive in desert-like conditions, but they&rs ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
As space observation technology continues to become more powerful, we are able to peer deeper into the black abyss that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 19, 2016Plants & Animals
Toronto Zoo was left with feelings of embarrassment and anger when a pair of Capybaras, the largest members of the roden ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 18, 2016Microbiology
In a new issue, Science Translational Medicine presents two related papers that demonstrate variations in the gut microb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2016Microbiology
Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine have reported in Cell that they reversed social deficits in mice by adding o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2016Cancer
Most of us find comfort and enjoyment in a hot beverage, be it tea, coffee, or chocolate. Especially on a cold night, a ...JUN 15, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) is a group of developmental disabilities usually considered to be due to dysfunction in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2016Cardiology
Medication to dissolve blood clots and various surgical procedures can be done to reverse damage done to arteries with o ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 14, 2016Neuroscience
Any woman who has been pregnant can attest to the stress it can cause. Even in in a typical pregnancy, especially with f ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Unlike bacteria, viruses spread through and infect the human body by inserting viral DNA into our own cells, using them ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR-Cas9 is the discovery that took the scientific community by storm, the technology of the century. In a new study ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 10, 2016Microbiology
It’s been known for some time that the symbiotic relationship between a microbiome and the host requires a fine ba ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA is about to get up close and personal with Jupiter, the largest known planet in our solar system. On July 4th, afte
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work published in Molecular Psychiatry now reports an association of CNV and schizophrenia. In collaboration wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Neptune is the outermost planet in our solar system, just before Pluto, which used to be a planet, but is now considered
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
Sparrows, like humans, are a monogamous species that prefer to live with one partner for their entire life. Of course, t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Fish are often seen as creatures with simple minds. Many even believe that they have short intention spans and short-ter
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 23, 2016
Space & Astronomy
We are constantly finding new exoplanets out there, and many of them seem to orbit their host stars in what’s know
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 23, 2016
Microbiology
The spirit of competition often spurs people to do amazing things, and scientists have decided to use that inspiration t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2016
Cancer
A new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health announced a perplexing finding: people with
...
JUN 23, 2016
Videos
In a paper published in 1807, Prussian naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt claimed to have observed South Ame
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 22, 2016
Immunology
Scientists say they have a clearer picture of how Zika virus infects a developing fetus, migrating from the mo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 22, 2016
Neuroscience
Depression is a serious medical problem that can be devastating to those who suffer with it as well as to their families
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 21, 2016
Videos
There are several hypotheses for the widely known phenomenon of contagious yawning. One of these is physiological hypoth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
Bearded dragons are reptiles that love heat. It’s no doubt that they thrive in desert-like conditions, but they&rs
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
As space observation technology continues to become more powerful, we are able to peer deeper into the black abyss that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
Toronto Zoo was left with feelings of embarrassment and anger when a pair of Capybaras, the largest members of the roden
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 18, 2016
Microbiology
In a new issue, Science Translational Medicine presents two related papers that demonstrate variations in the gut microb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2016
Microbiology
Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine have reported in Cell that they reversed social deficits in mice by adding o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2016
Cancer
Most of us find comfort and enjoyment in a hot beverage, be it tea, coffee, or chocolate. Especially on a cold night, a
...
JUN 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) is a group of developmental disabilities usually considered to be due to dysfunction in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2016
Cardiology
Medication to dissolve blood clots and various surgical procedures can be done to reverse damage done to arteries with o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 14, 2016
Neuroscience
Any woman who has been pregnant can attest to the stress it can cause. Even in in a typical pregnancy, especially with f
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Unlike bacteria, viruses spread through and infect the human body by inserting viral DNA into our own cells, using them
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR-Cas9 is the discovery that took the scientific community by storm, the technology of the century. In a new study
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 10, 2016
Microbiology
It’s been known for some time that the symbiotic relationship between a microbiome and the host requires a fine ba
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch