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The Enchanting Waterbear - A Microscopic Marvel Discover the captivating waterbear, affectionately known as the moss piglet or tardigrade, a tiny w...

Hip replacements are the most common type of arthroplasty, or joint replacement, and one of the most successful operations in medicine. The numbers...

Everyone starts life in a woman’s uterus which we develop during pregnancy.  Each side of the uterus has an ovary with thousands of human eggs.  Ea...

This wonderfully realistic plush representation of an adult human skull will have you thinking about life and enjoying your life in no time. Be tho...

Everyone starts life in a woman’s uterus where we develop during pregnancy. The uterus is shaped like an inverted pear. The fallopian tubes are on ...

Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, contains the genetic code that describes the physical characteristics of every known life form. Find out how DNA wor...

RNA and its molecular cousin DNA are nucleic acids that carry the genetic code. RNA, or ribonucleic acid, acts as an intermediate messenger for gen...

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, scientists have been working at a record-breaking pace to develop a vaccine. This usually takes years, even decad...

Spread the love with this special edition COVID-19. Love in the Time of COVID is a gift that your loved ones will cherish for years to come.COVID-1...

FACTS: The clap, or gonorrhea, is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. (The word "clap" comes from "clapier,” the old French word ...

FACTS: The Kissing Disease, or mononucleosis, is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (named after its discovers Michael Epstein and Y. M. Barr.)  More...

FACTS: The pox (or Great Pox, as distinguished from the “lesser” poxes such as chickenpox and smallpox) burst onto the historical scene in a 1494 e...

White Blood Cells obliterate foreign substances (bacteria, viruses) that attack the body from the outside. Neutrophils account for more than half o...

The two testicles are the primary reproductive organs in men. Also known as testes or male gonads, the testicles have two functions: production of...

There are over 250 different kinds of cold viruses! But rhinovirus is by far the most common. (Rhino means "nose" in Greek – think rhinoceros.) Wit...

Gallstones are hardened clumps of bile. Bile is a dark green to yellowish brown fluid produced by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and then de...

Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria.  Typhoid fever is contracted by the ingestion of contaminated food or water...

Estrogen is the female sex hormone responsible for the development of typically female characteristics.This is based on the shape of the actual mol...

Getting chickenpox was once a childhood rite of passage – nearly everyone contracted the disease at some point in their youth. Indeed, some parents...

FACTS: The pancreas lies behind the stomach and has two distinct roles. As an endocrine gland, it makes the hormones insulin and glucagon to contro...

Caffeine is a naturally occurring stimulant found in over 60 different plant species from cocoa and coffee beans to cola nuts and tea leaves. With ...

Which came first: the chicken, or the egg -- or the Salmonella bacteria? Discovered in 1885 by American veterinarian Daniel E. Salmon, Salmonella b...

Brain cells, or neurons, are the building blocks of the nervous system.  They are designed to receive and transmit information.  The cell body has ...

Though the word “anthrax” conjures up fearsome thoughts of biological weapons, anthrax is a once-common disease caused by the spore-forming bacteri...