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03.24   >>   Aging is for Everyone
How old are you? This is a seemingly simple question.
     
02.24   >>   The Reading Brain
Did you know that there are an estimated 7,000 languages spoken by humans around the world?
     
01.24   >>   Improving Vaccines for Malaria
Did you know that in 2021 nearly half of the world?s population was at risk for malaria?
     
12.23   >>   Your Adolescent Brain
Adolescence is a critical phase of life typically marked by the physical changes...
     
11.23   >>   Seeing Clearly with Diabetes
Did you know that the corneas of the eye are the organs with the greatest number of nerves in the body?
     
10.23   >>   Watch Your Body Composition
According to the World Health Organization, obesity has reached epidemic proportions, with an estimated 4 million people dying each year as a result.
     
09.23   >>   Oh the Memories…
Making memories involves three distinct but overlapping steps: acquisitio, consolidatio, and retrieval.
     
06.23   >>   The Smell of Stress
According to the American Veterinary Association, over one-third of American households include a pet dog.
     
05.23   >>   The Wonders of Walking
One of the distinguishing characteristics of the human species is our ability to move around on two—not four—limbs.
     
04.23   >>   Your Environment, Stress, and Your Health
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), a growing number of...
     
03.23   >>   On The Nose
Have you ever wondered why we tend to get sicker in cold weather?
     
02.23   >>   What Your Teeth Know
Did you know that your teeth are the strongest part of your body?
     
01.23   >>   Harnessing the Power of Sound
What comes to mind when you think of cancer treatment?
     
12.22   >>   Allergies and Asthma in a Changing Climate
Did you know that about 90 percent of children with asthma also have allergies?
     
11.22   >>   Stressed Out Mitochondria
Did you know that over 90% of the oxygen we breathe is used by the mitochondria in our cells?
     
10.22   >>   Sweet Safety
Did you know that the average child in the United States consumes over 65 pounds of sugar each year? That’s enough sugar to fill a bathtub...
     
09.22   >>   Location, Location, Location
Acral melanoma is a rare form of melanoma that typically affects the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, and nailbeds...
     
06.22   >>   How to Program Stem Cells
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 37 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes...
     
05.22   >>   How to Stop a Cytokine Storm
The Yangtze River is the largest river in Asia, beginning in the Tanggula Mountains of Tibet and flowing nearly 4,000 miles to the East China Sea.
     
04.22   >>   Cancer and the Immune System
The immune system 1 is made up of a network of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to neutralize any foreign agents that might enter the body.
     
03.22   >>   Medicine of the Soil
Did you know that most antibiotics you might be prescribed by the doctor were invented by bacteria in the soil?
     
02.22   >>   Clinical Trials Ensure COVID-19 Vaccines are Safe and Effective
Clinical trials are conducted to ensure treatments and vaccines are safe and effective.
     
01.22   >>   Treat Your Muscles to a Massages
Massage can do more than just feel good – it can actually help muscles heal faster.
     
12.21   >>   Eat Your Vegetables
How many servings of vegetables do you eat per day?
     
11.21   >>   Scratching the Surface of Why We Itch
Itchiness, like pain, is an important survival mechanism that alerts our brains to something off or abnormal in the immediate environment surrounding the skin.
     
10.21   >>   Blood Markers for Mood Disorders
How are you feeling right now? Are you happy or sad?
     
09.21   >>   Understanding Decision Making
Imagine you want a snack at school and walk over to the vending machine.
     
06.21   >>   Polluting—and Protecting—Our Brains
Imagine that all 11-year-old children in the entire country are called
     
05.21   >>   Turning Thought into Action
Have you ever wondered how your thoughts become actions?
     
04.21   >>   Hydrate for Health
How much water do you drink each day?
     
03.21   >>   Gene Detectives
Did you know that our bodies produce about two billion mitochondria every second?
     
02.21   >>   The Double Life of Salmonella
Curli protein
     
01.21   >>   The Dimensions of Your Heart
Creating the first three-dimensional (3D) heart model
     
12.20   >>   Finding the Origins of COVID-19
Visualizing the spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2
     
11.20   >>   What's in Your Closet?
Entrepreneurs developed a natural and organic vegan leather using the nopal cactus
     
10.20   >>   How to Chew Your Medicine
What's your favorite flavor of chewing gum?
     
09.20   >>   Antibiotic Evasion: The Biology of Avoidance
Did you know that the human body contains about 10,000 distinct species of bacteria?
     
06.20   >>   Curing Sickle Cell Disease
Did you know that the human genome contains 20-25 thousand genes?
     
05.20   >>   The Three Hands of Cigarette Smoke
By now, you have probably learned in health class that smoking cigarettes...
     
04.20   >>   Creating a Vaccine Template
Are all your immunizations up to date? Did you receive the flu vaccine this year?
     
03.20   >>   The Repressilator 2.0 and Your Gut
According to recent studies, there are over 2,000 species of microorganisms that...
     
02.20   >>   Breathe in Health
Did you know that air quality can affect your health?
     
01.20   >>   Outsmarting Infections
Across the globe, the widespread use of antibiotics has led to...
     
12.19   >>   How Heavy is Your Backpack?
What do you carry with you to school each day?
     
11.19   >>   Mighty Muscles
Have you ever noticed the writing on milk cartons...
     
10.19   >>   Atomic Sandwich
Water is wet.
     
09.19   >>   Providing Energy for Neurons
Did you know that there are around 200 different types of cells in your body?
     
06.19   >>   Heal the Burn
Did you know that the skin is the largest organ in your body?
     
05.19   >>   The Air We Breathe
Air is invisible, but that doesn’t mean it’s harmless.
     
04.19   >>   The Syllables of Movement
New technologies that allow video games to capture a player’s movement..
     
03.19   >>   A Vision of Model Eyes
If you look up close at the eyes of a fruit fly...
     
02.19   >>   Sound Signals
How does the brain hear?
     
01.19   >>   It’s All in the Genes—and Collaborations
We know so much about human genetics thanks to the human genome project...
     
12.18   >>   Disease Detectives
How do doctors find treatments for disease?
     
11.18   >>   This is Your Brain on Football
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)
     
10.18   >>   It's Getting Hot in Here
Heat therapy
     
09.18   >>   Habits that Last a Lifetime
How much television do you watch in a day?
     
06.18   >>   EXITing the Future
Fetal Atrioventricular (AV) block and EXIT
     
05.18   >>   Mmm... Salty
Did you know that your brain contains approximately one billion neurons?
     
04.18   >>   Waking Up Is Hard To Do
How do you wake yourself up each morning?
     
03.18   >>   State of the Heart
The Visible Heart® Lab studies live hearts hearts in the laboratory to improve...
     
02.18   >>   The Science of Cinnamon
Cereals with cinnamon, cinnamon sugar, cinnamon buns...
     
01.18   >>   How to Melt an Ice Cube
Last month, What A Year! explored the work of Dr. Korkut Uygun...
     
12.17   >>   Freezing Yet Unfrozen: Organ Preservation of the Future
Nearly every product you buy in the grocery store comes with an expiration date...
     
11.17   >>   Wake Up and Smell the Orange Oil
We know that oranges can keep you healthy...
     
10.17   >>   Spinach and Hearts: A Cross-Kingdom Collaboration
Two scientists walk into a bar. A salad bar.
     
09.17   >>   Disappearing Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association estimates that over 29 million Americans...
     
06.17   >>   Strengthening Those Lazy Eyes: Gamers Rejoice
Treating children's Amblyopia with video games
     
05.17   >>   Technology, Clinical Research, and You
Technology is making it easier for individual citizen-scientists to conduct...
     
04.17   >>   The Mighty Mountain Ultra-Marathon
Aerobic and anaerobic exercise
     
03.17   >>   Envisioning an End to Preventable Blindness
Cataracts
     
02.17   >>   Language Learning May Boost Your Brain
Learning a language improves cognitive function
     
01.17   >>   Appetite Control
How do you know when to stop eating?
     
12.16   >>   Fancy Footwear
According to evolutionary biologists, humans have been running...
     
11.16   >>   You Are What You Eat
The effects of fatty acids on the development of allergies and asthma.
     
10.16   >>   What’s in Your Blood?
The toxicity of CO gas has been recognized by humans for millennia.
     
09.16   >>   Stress Test
When was the last time you “stressed out” about something?
     
06.16   >>   Tick Check!
Don’t get Lyme disease
     
05.16   >>   3D Printed Prosthetics
Amniotic Band Syndrome
     
04.16   >>   Early Detection Saves Lives
Finding and Treating Cancer Early
     
03.16   >>   Fighting Back
Inflammation, Stress, and the Power of Positive Thinking
     
02.16   >>   Collaborative Clots
Polymers that help Blood Clotting
     
01.16   >>   A Rosy Future?
Can rosehips be used to treat cancer?
     
12.15   >>   You Snooze, You Win
Importance of Sleep
     
11.15   >>   Relapsing Rats: How Gender Affects Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol and Gender
     
10.15   >>   Peanut Power
Peanut Benefits
     
09.15   >>   Tumor Paint: the Art of Science
Cancer Cells
     
06.15   >>   Smoke Alarm for your Brain
Epilepsy
     
05.15   >>   Microscopic Magnets
Fighting cancer with magnets
     
04.15   >>   21st Century Knitting Needles
Magnetic suturing
     
03.15   >>   Mind the Gap
Skeletal Gaps and Polymer Foam
     
02.15   >>   Mighty Mitochondria
TAZ and Barth Syndrome
     
01.15   >>   It's not what meets the eye... Contact lenses of the future
Contact lenses and medication delivery
     
12.14   >>   Opposites... Infect
Respiratory Infections
     
11.14   >>   Allergic Reactions: A friend of your enemy?
Allergies
     
10.14   >>   Hit the Brakes!
Epilepsy
     
09.14   >>   Virtual Surgery
Virtual Implants
     
06.14   >>   Communication Is Key
Communication Between Cells
     
05.14   >>   Persistent Pain
Treating Chronic Pain
     
04.14   >>   Illuminating Bioluminescence
Why Some Organisms Glow
     
03.14   >>   Always Your Mother's Child
Mother / Fetus Benefits
     
02.14   >>   How Old Is Your Blood?
Aging
     
01.14   >>   Bioinspired!
Porcupine Quills
     
12.13   >>   Smell The Roses
Smell Loss
     
11.13   >>   Don't Stress Out
Stress
     
10.13   >>   Connecting the Dots: Obesity and Cancer
Obesity and Cancer
     
09.13   >>   Protect Your Head, Protect Your Health
Traumatic Brain Injury
     
06.13   >>   Unlocking the Bioelectric Code
Bioelectric Code
     
05.13   >>   Supported Growth
Tissue Regeneration
     
04.13   >>   Tapping Your Inner Potential
Endocochlear Potential
     
03.13   >>   The Silk of the Future
Silk-Based Technology
     
02.13   >>   Brain Freeze and Headaches
Cause of Headaches
     
01.13   >>   The Fish of the Future
Robotic Fish
     
12.12   >>   Switching on Salmonella
Infection Causing Bacteria
     
11.12   >>   The Energizer... Snail?
Biofuel cell-implanted snails
     
10.12   >>   Oh, The Memories!
Alzheimer's Disease
     
09.12   >>   Smooth as Silk
Insect-Made Silk
     
06.12   >>   Medicine of the Future
Controlled-Release Systems
     
05.12   >>   Got Milk?
Glycans in Human Milk
     
04.12   >>   Hardy Hearts
Hardy Hearts
     
03.12   >>   The Crystals Within
New Enamel
     
02.12   >>   A Tear That Can Drive You to Tears
Spinal Discs
     
01.12   >>   Let's Get Specific
Improper Immune Response
     
12.11   >>   Immunity Of A Shark
Immunity Of A Shark
     
11.11   >>   Who Let the Virus In?
Who Let the Virus In?
     
10.11   >>   How Strong Are Your Circuits?
Understanding the Human Brain
     
09.11   >>   When the Waste Won't Leave
Krabbe Disease
     
06.11   >>   Blood Vessels of the Future
Bioengineered Blood Vessels
     
05.11   >>   Artificial Proteins in a Living Cell
Synthetic Biology
     
04.11   >>   Of Mice And Men
Medical Research
     
03.11   >>   How Tight Are Your Connections?
Autism
     
02.11   >>   The Iron Within
Staphylococcus aureus
     
01.11   >>   A Universal Vaccine
Streptococcus pneumoniae
     
12.10   >>   We Are Family
Eating Disorders
     
11.10   >>   Concentration: It Matters
Puberty
     
10.10   >>   Spring Forward
Amputees
     
09.10   >>   Cells Immortal
Chagas Disease
     
06.10   >>   Silencing Your Cells
Cell
     
05.10   >>   Recovering from Recession ? With Far Less Pain
Regrowing Cells
     
04.10   >>   Like Mother, Like Child
Inheritance
     
03.10   >>   Regrowing Hearing and Balance Cells - A Possibility?
Regrowing Hearing Cells
     
02.10   >>   Somestimes It's All In Your Genes
Lyme Disease
     
01.10   >>   Sensing the Killer
Tuberculosis
     
12.09   >>   The Bacteria Within
Bacteria and Obesity
     
11.09   >>   Super–athletes
Sled Dogs
     
10.09   >>   Bones in Balance
Bears and Bone Density
     
09.09   >>   "Honey, I Shrunk the...Sensor?"
Diabetes Tattoo
     
06.09   >>   When the Sleeping Dog Can't Lie
Narcolepsy
     
05.09   >>   Regenerating Neurons
Eyes
     
04.09   >>   Sugar High
Diabetes
     
03.09   >>   Exhaustion Can Be Fatal
Infection
     
02.09   >>   We All Need a Little Space
Arthritis
     
01.09   >>   Overcoming the Odds: New Hope For Patients
Traumatic Brain Injury
     
12.08   >>   A Series of Rather Fortunate Events
Cancer
     
11.08   >>   Light Up Your Brain
Brainbows
     
10.08   >>   An Unseen Threat
Toxoplasmosis
     
09.08   >>   Snow White and the Eighth Factor
Obesity
     
06.08   >>   Good Vibrations
Obesity
     
05.08   >>   Exercise for the Heart
Preconditioned Hearts
     
04.08   >>   Could “Sleeping Beauty” Really Happen?
Cryogenics
     
03.08   >>   What A Difference A Gene Makes
Batten Disease
     
02.08   >>   Would you like some tea with that?
Sepsis
     
01.08   >>   A Spoonful of Sugar...
Multiple Sclerosis
     
12.07   >>   Genetic Link of Autism
Neurotoxins
     
11.07   >>   A Film Strip That Could Save Your Life!
What went wrong?
     
10.07   >>   Bullseye
Making Drugs Hit Targets
     
09.07   >>   Bacteria
The Invisible Army
     
05.07   >>   Obesity
Get up and move
     
04.07   >>   E. coli
When Good Bacteria Turn Bad
     
03.07   >>   Depression
Addiction and Depression—Two Sides of the Same Coin?
     
02.07   >>   Epilepsy
Too Much Brain Excitement Could Be Harmful To Your Health
     
01.07   >>   Dental Caries
Imagine . . . A World Without Cavities
     
12.06   >>   Angiogenesis
Could you make a mouse the size of an elephant?
     
11.06   >>   Parkinson's Disease
Folding Proteins, Michael J. Fox and Parkinson's Disease. What do they have in common?
     
10.06   >>   Asthma
The work of natural killers!
     
09.06   >>   Why Does the Pain Remain?
Learn why the pain remains after an injury!

 

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