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Teeth: hard, calcified structures found in the mouth of many vertebrates. Primary purpose is for breaking down food. Some carnivores use teeth for hunting or for defensive purposes.
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MAR 31, 2017Plants & Animals
There exists a fish so small and colorful that you would think it was harmless; on the other hand, it seems as though it ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 21, 2017Earth & The Environment
World Water Day is tomorrow and people everywhere will be gathering around the world at local water sources to join toge ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 08, 2017Microbiology
Neanderthals are our closest extinct relative, and through their DNA scientists have gained new insight into their die, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Japanese scientists have confirmed the diagnosis of Down syndrome in a 24-year-old female chimp named Kanako. This marks ...FEB 24, 2017Videos
As one of the most impressively menacing creatures to have ever walked the earth, the Tyrannosaurus rex has been mercile ...FEB 22, 2017Microbiology
As if Komodo dragons weren’t cool enough, a new study reports that these guys have antimicrobial proteins in their ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work has demonstrated that bone injuries can be repaired using a sheet of a carbon compound that has photocatalytic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2017Videos
We might chew our food because we have tiny mouths and throats, but there are actually tons of animal species out there ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2017Plants & Animals
Deep below the surface of the ocean, some 650-3,000 feet below, you might find one of nature’s terrifying predator ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 01, 2017Plants & Animals
Modern-day otters, excluding sea otters, aren’t really all that big; they typically don’t ever weigh more th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 29, 2017Videos
The slow loris is a relatively cute primate that currently resides on the IUCN's top 25 most endangered animals species ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Engineers want to use peptides—small proteins that carry out essential tasks in our cells—to construct bioel ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Sophie the Giraffe, an ever-popular children’s teething toy is under the hot seat this week as curious parents cut ...JAN 19, 2017Videos
Sand strikers, also known as bobbit worms, are aquatic predatory primitive-looking creatures that have no eyes or brain. ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 08, 2017Plants & Animals
Dinosaurs are a constant fascination because it seems that we continue to learn more and more about them with each fossi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 05, 2017Plants & Animals
Just as human juveniles happen to lose their baby teeth to make way for much larger and stringer adult teeth, scientists ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2016Plants & Animals
A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE reveals that rats, which often appear to keep their poker face all day, ev ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 19, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Scientists at the University of Central Florida have revived the excitement around using the body’s innate immune ...Written By: Jennifer EllisDEC 13, 2016Plants & Animals
Large snakes have been known to devour large meals, but perhaps this one tips the scales. Burmese Pythons, which are an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 08, 2016Cancer
A graduate student interested in how teeth formed in an ancient fossil inadvertently uncovered what researchers are call ...DEC 07, 2016Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 04, 2016Plants & Animals
Most of the time, when a very old fossil is found, it’s not easy to get color samples from the fossil because of i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 02, 2016Videos
Despite advances in cancer treatment and better screenings, rates of mouth cancers are on the rise. According to recent ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 25, 2016Videos
Smoking is unequivocally bad for your health. In fact, it is one of the worst things you can do to your body and your li ...
MAR 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
There exists a fish so small and colorful that you would think it was harmless; on the other hand, it seems as though it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 21, 2017
Earth & The Environment
World Water Day is tomorrow and people everywhere will be gathering around the world at local water sources to join toge
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 08, 2017
Microbiology
Neanderthals are our closest extinct relative, and through their DNA scientists have gained new insight into their die,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Japanese scientists have confirmed the diagnosis of Down syndrome in a 24-year-old female chimp named Kanako. This marks
...
FEB 24, 2017
Videos
As one of the most impressively menacing creatures to have ever walked the earth, the Tyrannosaurus rex has been mercile
...
FEB 22, 2017
Microbiology
As if Komodo dragons weren’t cool enough, a new study reports that these guys have antimicrobial proteins in their
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work has demonstrated that bone injuries can be repaired using a sheet of a carbon compound that has photocatalytic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2017
Videos
We might chew our food because we have tiny mouths and throats, but there are actually tons of animal species out there
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
Deep below the surface of the ocean, some 650-3,000 feet below, you might find one of nature’s terrifying predator
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 01, 2017
Plants & Animals
Modern-day otters, excluding sea otters, aren’t really all that big; they typically don’t ever weigh more th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2017
Videos
The slow loris is a relatively cute primate that currently resides on the IUCN's top 25 most endangered animals species
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Engineers want to use peptides—small proteins that carry out essential tasks in our cells—to construct bioel
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sophie the Giraffe, an ever-popular children’s teething toy is under the hot seat this week as curious parents cut
...
JAN 19, 2017
Videos
Sand strikers, also known as bobbit worms, are aquatic predatory primitive-looking creatures that have no eyes or brain.
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dinosaurs are a constant fascination because it seems that we continue to learn more and more about them with each fossi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
Just as human juveniles happen to lose their baby teeth to make way for much larger and stringer adult teeth, scientists
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE reveals that rats, which often appear to keep their poker face all day, ev
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 19, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Scientists at the University of Central Florida have revived the excitement around using the body’s innate immune
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
Large snakes have been known to devour large meals, but perhaps this one tips the scales. Burmese Pythons, which are an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 08, 2016
Cancer
A graduate student interested in how teeth formed in an ancient fossil inadvertently uncovered what researchers are call
...
DEC 07, 2016
Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
Most of the time, when a very old fossil is found, it’s not easy to get color samples from the fossil because of i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 02, 2016
Videos
Despite advances in cancer treatment and better screenings, rates of mouth cancers are on the rise. According to recent
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 25, 2016
Videos
Smoking is unequivocally bad for your health. In fact, it is one of the worst things you can do to your body and your li
...