Fall has here, believe it or not, which can only mean one thing, no, not Thanksgiving – although, Thanksgiving is fine – but rather brassica season. Broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts – you name it, our…

Obtaining adequate wounds to suck blood from is a daily challenge for vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus), but new research has showed that these critters may share information to improve their chances of finding a meal…

Bipedal dinosaurs’ tails were more than merely a counterweight for their heads. According to new 3D gait simulations, the tail played a more pivotal and dynamic role, swinging rhythmically as they walked and ran, similar…

Mothers have been spotted carrying their dead offspring in numerous monkey species — frequently long after death. Nonhuman primates exhibit a partial awareness of others’ deaths, according to the greatest research of this behavior yet…

Scientists have been striving to converse with dolphins for decades, and they believe they have found a model that can comprehend the cetaceans’ high-pitched sounds. They explain how whistled human languages may share certain fundamental…

Pancreatic cancer starts in the tissues of your pancreas, which is an organ in your abdomen located behind the lower part of your stomach. Your pancreas produces hormones that help you manage your blood sugar…

Cancer is expected to claim the lives of 10 million people by 2020. Changes to our DNA, which serves as the instruction manual for all of our cells, are at the root of this devastating…

Epithelial cells cover the majority of the human body’s inner and outer surfaces. This layer serves as a barrier against invaders such as bacteria, viruses, environmental toxins, pollutants, and allergens. Foreign substances, such as bacteria,…

Medical science is beginning to license and use drugs and procedures that change the genetic code inside the cells of the body, and to correct the ‘bad code’ that can cause conditions such as cancer…

After a heart attack, the heart is unable to regenerate heart muscle and lost cardiac muscle is replaced by scar tissue. Scar tissue does not contribute to cardiac contractile force, so the remaining viable cardiac…