Contraceptive Hormones Improve Cognitive Function
- Health & Medicine, Mind & Brain
- November 9, 2012
David Sands suggested the intriguing possibility that bacteria might cause rain and snow. Strange as it may seem, water doesn’t actually freeze at zero degrees. In fact, even at temperatures as cold as -10°C, water still needs help turning into ice. Living creatures of all stripes have learned to take advantage of this curious fact
READ MOREScience has shown time and time again that even when faced with seemingly unlivable conditions, life finds a way. Though cloaked in darkness for nearly 3000 years, 13 degrees below freezing, and swimming in water 7 times saltier than the ocean, the waters of Lake Vida in East Antarctica harbor living specimens of previously undocumented
READ MORESometimes the best science hides in the least suspecting places. Researcher Rob Dunn and his team recently published work that included the unenviable task of analyzing living samples from 60 human navels. The results were staggering. A total 2,368 bacterial species were isolated. Of those, 1,458 are new to science. 67 species appeared in most test
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