In about 1956, biologists in Brazil imported a number of queen honeybees from Tanzania, intending to crossbreed them with local honey bees to produce a strain that made more honey and was better...
Astronauts need to sleep next to a ventilator fan while they鈥檙e in weightless orbit; otherwise, they might suffocate in their sleep. Reason being, is that warm air does not naturally rise when...
Scientists are now beginning to believe that people who annoy us are actually changing the way our brain works when we look at them. According to a study done that the University of Southern...
Some pathogens are much more dangerous to handle than others, which has led to their classification for laboratory purposes into categories. Category 4, the most dangerous, contains those...
Sickle cell anemia is a recessive genetic disorder in which the body鈥檚 red blood cells assume an abnormal crescent shape inhibiting their ability to carry oxygen effectively. Natural selection...
Our brains are pretty smart! A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan revealed that an MRI scan can detect the likelihood of a smoker being able to quit smoking. The...
An ice cream parlor recently developed a new ice cream flavor: vanilla lemon 鈥淏aby Gaga鈥�, made from real human breast milk. Though breast milk has been known for its nutritious content and benefits...
For the first time in history, drastic changes will be made to the atomic weights of 10 elements in the periodic table. In nature, many elements exist as isotopes such that the same element can...
Chocolate may be about to get better, sweeter and even more irresistible. Scientists have succeeded in sequencing the genome of the Criollo chocolate tree. Due to susceptibility to diseases, cocoa...
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