All diseases are based on proteins, natural molecules that perform vital cellular functions. Characterizing proteins can reveal disease mechanisms and ways to slow or reverse them,...
Earlier this month, I wrote an article on a toy line of scientifically accurate Velociraptor action figures with plumage inspired by modern birds. I mused how impressive...
When we hear the word Velociraptor, we usually think about the clever girls from Jurassic Park/World. In my case, I think about Dinobot from Beast Wars, but that’s...
Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) harm the nerves housed in the spinal cord, often causing irreversible damage to the body and its functions. Normally, physicians and other...
Sleeping is widely regarded as a good way to recharge your brain, but that raises a particularly perplexing question: do animals without brains sleep? The answer...
When I say the word, “fossil,” what do you think of? Probably the dinosaur bones on display in your local museum or that ammonite shell your...
Earlier this month, researchers published an article outlining new evidence from an excavation in Jebel Irhoud (Morocco) that provides the earliest date yet for the presence...