Climate Change Causes Molecular-Level Stress Responses
Anemones are abundant in an acidified ocean. But are they thriving? New genomics research shows that ocean acidification puts these animals under considerable stress. The…
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Yearly Archive: 2019
From Laboratories To Space: Experimental Organisms Contribute To Space Research
Outer space has always excited the curiosity of mankind. From our first understanding of cosmology to landing on the moon and classic films like Star…
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Growth Rates Of Andean Stem-Rosettes
Introduction Tall stem-rosettes — aka giant rosettes — grow at high elevations on many tropical mountains, including the northern Andes of South America, the East…
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Where Mud Meets Magma
Mud volcanism is widely recognized as an important process in sedimentary systems where large quantities of fine-grained materials are pumped up from subsurface sources as…
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Toward A Long-Term Remission In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term chronic autoimmune disease in which the body’s own immune system mistakenly targets the lining of the joints. Patients with…
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How Did The Decline Of Neanderthals Occur?
The Neanderthals were a human population found on a vast territory that extended from the Atlantic ocean to Siberia and from England to the Near-East….
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Malaysia’s Last Male Sumatran Rhino Has Died In Captivity
The last male Sumatran rhino has died. Tam, the 30 something-year-old Sumatran rhino, died on Monday, May 27 at the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah,…
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The Kilogram Has Officially Been Redefined: What Does That Mean For Science?
It is official, the kilogram has been redefined. This change, voted on by the General Conference of Weights and Measures (CGPM) in November 2018, finally…
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Labeled Neuron Diagram
Neurons are the basic organizational units of the brain and nervous system. Neurons form the bulk of all nervous tissue and are what allow nervous…
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What Is The Biggest Cat In The World?
In biology, the term “big cat” normally refers to organisms in the genus Panthera and most often is used to describe the 4 main types of big…
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Reasoning Comes In Degrees, Not Different Kinds
That the mind is comprised of distinct systems is one of the earliest and most recurring ideas in psychology. Plato claimed the psyche is comprised…
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