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Ever have questions about our wondrous heart? well maybe this video will answer some of them
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We have all heard of the dinosaurs, big and scary lizards, but here is a video that shows dinosaurs may have had feathers.
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Amazon Archeology Study Finds Millions Once Lived in Now Uninhabited Forest: "There is a common misconception that the Amazon is an untouched landscape, home to scattered, nomadic communities. This is not the case."
Dino-bird had wings made for flapping, not just gliding
The Archaeopteryx which is one of the earliest birds, (Archaeopteryx lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period, spanning the evolutionary gap between modern birds and feathered dinosaurs). The primitive birds, without flight adaptations such as the muscle pulley system, wouldn’t have been capable of the full range of flapping motion birds today use. Instead, other parts of its anatomy indicate Archaeopteryx may have thrown its wings upward and forward, similar to a swimmer’s butterfly stroke,
Bats who don't seem to age
Unlike in humans, the telomeres of Myotis bats, which are particularly long-lived, do not appear to shrink with age. Understanding why could one day help extend human longevity.
DNA having a field day!
'Quadruple helix' DNA seen in human cells
Could be a potential target for new treatments in cancer, to find out more- click on the image!
Could be a potential target for new treatments in cancer, to find out more- click on the image!
DNA directly photographed for the first time
Fifty-nine years after James Watson and Francis Crick deduced the double-helix structure of DNA, a scientist has captured the first direct photograph of the twisted ladder that props up life.
Read more by clicking on the image
Read more by clicking on the image
Introducing the "water bear"
SEM of two water bears.
What does SEM stand for?
Introducing the Tardigrade, also known as the "water bear" or "moss piglet".
The water bear is an eight-legged inveterbrate that lives in water and could possibly be the most resilient and difficult to kill animal that exists on the planet!
Having studied Monera and Fungi, you will have an understanding of different factors that affect the growth of organisms such as temperature, pH etc.
Check out the the conditions this little fella can survive....
The water bear is an eight-legged inveterbrate that lives in water and could possibly be the most resilient and difficult to kill animal that exists on the planet!
Having studied Monera and Fungi, you will have an understanding of different factors that affect the growth of organisms such as temperature, pH etc.
Check out the the conditions this little fella can survive....
New advances in tissue culture
Doctors grow new ear on woman's arm in pioneering medical procedure
Belief it or not, but in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland in the US, doctors have succeeded in growing an ear inside the forearm of the woman who later received it, in an attempt to replace the organ which was lost in a fight again cancer.
Click on the link to read more, but beware as you scroll down, some images might be disturbing for some viewers
Belief it or not, but in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland in the US, doctors have succeeded in growing an ear inside the forearm of the woman who later received it, in an attempt to replace the organ which was lost in a fight again cancer.
Click on the link to read more, but beware as you scroll down, some images might be disturbing for some viewers