Science & Medicine

As a human, I am protected from evaporating by my integumentary system better known as skin. My body is kept intact by skin, the largest and fastest healing organ. We wash it, peel it, augment it, suture it...

Before the age of Facebook and parenting blogs, how did women exchange knowledge and beliefs about reproduction? Without What to Expect When You’re Expecting, how did society and “experts” tell women...

The Morris Water Maze (MWM) is practically synonymous with place cells, the spatially-tuned neurons of the hippocampus believed to be central to spatial navigation. Place cells fire preferentially when animals...

There is much talk at the moment about the continuing evolution of artificial intelligence technologies and what the implications of this will be for the future of humanity. Those such as Ray Kurzweil can’t...

We were promised calorie labels. New York City has required them in chain restaurants since 2008 and California since 2009, but the Affordable Care Act mandated them nationwide. In April 2016, the FDA issued a...

Cannabis is a herb that has been used in the world over for centuries. Humanity shares a love for the herb, be it for its recreational, medicinal or health purposes. In places like Jamaica, it is highly...

The word “drone” elicits many responses – excitement, curiosity, and even confusion. Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are still a mystery. It may seem like they’ve burst onto the business...