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Milky or Murky: How Politics Shape Our Science
If you’ve ever heard that ‘milk makes your bones stronger,’ you may be surprised to discover that milk has strengthened far more economies than bones, all in its nearly 100-year reign over the U.S diet.
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The Key to Curing Genetic Blindness: Antibiotics and the Ocular Microbiome
Imagine if curing genetic blindness was as simple as taking antibiotics, much like treating an infection with penicillin. Recent research from this year proposed the possibility of such a revolutionary approach to treatment of retinal disease, formerly known to be incurable.
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The Menstrual Conundrum
Recent research has shown that periods actually play a critical role in both protecting and preserving a woman’s body and resources.
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Traversing Tumors: How Single-cell RNA Sequencing Maps Malignant Tumors
It is difficult for scientists to find solutions for harmful mutations, as while mutations are inevitable and not entirely random, they’re notoriously unpredictable.
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An Anomaly in Phase Transition: Liquid Crystals
While Austrian botanist Federich Reinitzer was investigating the properties of various chemical compounds, he observed that the compound cholesteryl benzoate appeared to have two distinct melting points.
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Symphony of the Human Brain
The “connectome” has become widely accepted within the field of neuroscience, bridging various attempts to map macroscopic neural connections to microscopic neural activity.
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Dual Consciousness in Split-Brain Patients
Experiments conducted on split-brain patients reveal fascinating suggestions for the roles and specializations of each hemisphere.
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The Gourmet Guide To the Galaxy: The Spaghettification of Black Holes
Approaching or crossing near the singularity, all matter inevitably undergoes intense spaghettification and becomes completely disintegrated.
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Exploring Semaglutide Beyond Diabetes: The Emergence of Ozempic in Weight Management and Its Societal Implications
One may wonder how a blood sugar medication can exert such impactful effects on weight, and what the potential consequences of glorifying its use as a weight loss treatment are?
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Restoring California’s Kelp Forests
The question remains: what are economically feasible, ethical, and efficient methods of restoring these dying kelp forests?
