In 2016, a Zika epidemic raged across the Americas, leading to more than 1,263 reported infections. Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that has been linked
If you have ever had an MRI or PET scan, you may have wondered how doctors interpret those images of your brain. For decades, they
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Evolutionarily speaking, smell was the first sense to develop, and yet we still know so little about it. We measure light intensity in watts and
Circadian rhythms are biological clocks that regulate all organisms’ day-night cycles. Professor Josh Gendron and his team recently shed light on how Arabiposis plants regulate
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It is well known that trillions of microorganisms populate our guts and perform a multitude of beneficial functions, including digestion. However, new research by Yale
Branded as a safer alternative to smoking, e-cigarettes have become widely popularized among teenagers and adults. However, with the recent rise of reported vaping-related deaths,
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Every one of us started out as an undifferentiated mass of cells known as the embryo. This small cluster of cells is not unlike a