Age restrictions on the purchase of recreational drugs are continuing to strengthen. What’s the science behind this age limits, and are these measures really necessary?
Continue ReadingThe sex differences in autoimmune diseases have yet to be clearly understood. A new hypothesis called the pregnancy compensation hypothesis attempts to pull in many factors to better explain why we see these differences between males and females.
Continue ReadingWhile COVID-19 scare is still going on, this article focuses on the bats that have started it all – Why the bats are able to withstand viruses that make humans sick?
Continue ReadingI would like to show the comparison of the recent outbreaks of the coronavirus so the outbreak of the Spanish Flu in 1918. I want the reader to see the need of public health policy and the potential outcomes when its not implemented properly
Continue ReadingIt seems that in this polarizing era, two things unite us: our preference for more equality and our ignorance of the scale of current inequality.
Continue ReadingCancer research discovery makes undruggable Ras druggable.
Continue ReadingHow have creatures as simple as microbes managed to colonize every corner of the world, resist our weapons against them, and eat electricity? Turns out, they’re ridiculously good at evolution.
Continue ReadingScientists are at odds about the limits of life in the volatile terrain of Dallol, Ethiopia.
Continue ReadingMy article is about the chemical reactions involved with baking cookies. I walk through the major processes to explain the chemistry of cookies.
Continue ReadingScientists are now using viruses to treat cancer.
Continue ReadingDoes the keto diet work as an effective and sustainable weight loss solution?
Continue ReadingPlant-based meat alternatives are more popular than ever, but an extension of techniques developed in regenerative medicine have produced a potential contender with cultured meat.
Continue ReadingThere is a preventive daily medication for HIV, have you heard of it? Click to read more about HIV PrEP, just one step in the fight to end AIDS.
Continue ReadingPuppers are obviously so good, but did you know that some of them are blazing the way for a new cancer-killing virus treatment in other dogs and humans? Join us on an exploration into the CANINE trial, where brave dogs are paving the way for a revolutionary understanding of brain tumors and how to get rid of them.
Continue ReadingWINTER IS COMING. While we can layer up with puffy jackets, hats and scarves, not all animals can, and some animals live in especially frigid environments, like the arctic tundras. How do they stay warm? They have special physical adaptations, or traits, that enable them to keep their body temperatures high even when the surrounding environment is extremely cold.
Continue ReadingAntibiotic-resistant infections are the new ‘craze’. What does the Center for Disease Control have to say?
Continue ReadingGeoengineering, or the deliberate modification of Earth’s natural systems to control the climate, has recently shifted out of the realm of science fiction and into the world of potential reality. So what’s the science behind climate geoengineering, and how can we ensure only good comes of its use?
Continue ReadingHow hard is it to remodel your epigenome? Here’s a report of my attempt to do so using inspiration from honey bees.
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