Sunscreen: Hero for Humans, Villain for Marine Life?
Have you ever spent extra time at the store trying to decide which sunscreen to purchase? We try to protect ourselves from the Sun’s…
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Have you ever spent extra time at the store trying to decide which sunscreen to purchase? We try to protect ourselves from the Sun’s…
They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and this applies just as well to infectious diseases. Antibiotics have revolutionized…
Cars are everywhere. They are essential for our day to day lives, but these vehicles are a double-edged-sword. Cars emit exhaust gases, and…
It can be difficult to imagine how two organs that are so far away from each other in the body can be so intimately related.
An over-the-counter hormone supplement called melatonin, typically made from animal pineal glands or synthesized in a laboratory, was tested…
Metal elements were found in the vapors of electronic cigarettes and hookahs and their concentrations were compared to regular cigarettes.
Cancer is one of the greatest challenges of our time. A common misconception about cancer is that it is one disease. There are hundreds of…
Genes are bundles of DNA that exist in your cells that affect how you look, grow, and age. Since the human genome was fully decoded…
When the NASA Space Shuttle was flying, it carried a variety of scientific equipment for running experiments. One of these devices was an…
New findings by scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggest that an evolutionary arms race between rival elements within…