Bloggers
A Broken Sink
As climates change and rainfalls slow, Our trees adapt the way they grow; For every water-seeking root, The greenery becomes dilute.
Mar 23, 2018
Brain & Behavior
Facebook fallout: Americans' privacy at risk across entire tech, information industry
As fallout from the revelation of Cambridge Analytica’s misuse of Facebook user information continues, many are mistakenly calling this incident a breach.
Mar 22, 2018
Bloggers
A Slippery Slope
As mountains break apart at snow-packed seams, They spew their powdered cargo without care; Destroying life with frozen, hoary streams, Their mass and scope now tied to warming air.
Mar 16, 2018
Brain & Behavior
Complexities, combinations of age-related brain conditions are challenge to combating cognitive decline
The decline of cognitive functioning—thinking, remembering, learning and reasoning—involves a complicated mix of different disease processes in the brain.
Mar 16, 2018
Bloggers
The Sound of Shapes
The soothing sound of blue floats past my sight, I open up my eyes to hear a shape; The colours and the music are not right, The painting tastes more like a stark landscape.
Mar 9, 2018
Brain & Behavior
Level of inflammation could help predict effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy for major depression
People with major depression that has not been well controlled by medications and who have a biomarker in their blood indicating a higher level of inflammation…
Mar 6, 2018
Health
Gastric bypass surgery can give better control for diabetes and obesity than lifestyle modification
Gastric bypass surgery can give better control for diabetes and obesity than lifestyle modification In a randomized clinical trial comparing two treatments…
Mar 5, 2018
Bloggers
Separated at Birth
A glowing orb, reflecting distant light, You calm and soothe our planet’s ebb and flow; But how much can we say we truly know, When our eyes meet across the darkest night.
Mar 2, 2018
Health
Trial of omega fatty acid supplementation in toddlers born preterm shows promising results
Researchers from Nationwide Children's Hospital have shown that omega fatty acid supplements may improve autism spectrum disorder symptoms in toddlers who were…
Mar 1, 2018
Bloggers
The Gut Bacteria of Cockroaches Provide a Potential Solution to Antibiotic Resistance
A new study suggests that the gut bacteria from cockroaches produce potent antibacterial compounds that could be utilised against multidrug-resistant pathogens.
Feb 28, 2018
Bloggers
Community-Based Wildlife Conservation in Tanzania Yields Ecological Success
Giraffe and Oryx in Randilen WIldlife Management Area, Tanzania, East Africa. Giraffes and Dik-diks were among the wildlife species that benefitted from the community-based wildlife conservation area.
Feb 27, 2018
Bloggers
Planet Earth II
Feb 23, 2018
Brain & Behavior
Study debunks claim that medical marijuana laws increase recreational pot use for US teens
Legalizing medical marijuana has not increased recreational use of the substance among U.S.
Feb 22, 2018
Bloggers
New Silvicultural Treatments to Achieve Sustainable Management of Canadian Boreal Forest
Canada has the third largest area of forest in the world, covering 402 million ha.
Feb 19, 2018