The evolution of the human genome has been facilitated to a great extent by the activity of transposable elements (TEs), also known as “jumping genes”….
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How much do you know about your tap water? Does your tap water come from groundwater or surface water sources? Actually, it is not an…
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The Oxford Dictionary defines ideology as “a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy”1….
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The rotating plane-symmetric potential field is an approximation of gravitational field for several different celestial bodies in the Solar system, including the circular restricted three-body…
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Over 30 million Americans (roughly 10% of the population) have type II diabetes, a disease characterized by insulin resistance which is ca1used primarily by obesity…
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The expansion of agriculture worldwide has led to significant environmental problems associated with nutrients leaching and pollution of surface waters, which often results in eutrophication…
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The knowledge economy accounts for more than 10% of U.S. employment and almost 20% of national GDP. Not only limited to the U.S., Eurostat 2020…
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In previous postings, we have pushed some giants of placebo research off their column, or rather, jumped off their shoulders (to refer to Robert Merton’s allegory…
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Mining is one of the most distinct human activities in the Anthropocene Epoch. At present, there are more than 9,000 large and medium-sized mines in…
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For a number of years, researchers have described endocrine (glandular) problems in some people with a history of concussion. These endocrine problems can emerge months…
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Science Trends very kindly reached out to me to write about my recently-published hypothesis proposing that some cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known…
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