The tail plays a vital role in animal life. It serves mechanical, physiological, and communicative functions. Animals use it as resistance when jumping, sitting, and walking; as a rudder when swimming and flying; as an extra paw when climbing trees;…
There are two opposing and fundamentally wrong opinions regarding the proliferation of dating sites on the Internet. Opinion number one: Dating sites attract sweet, attractive people with sensitive, vulnerable souls and highly organized psyches. These people reject vulgar encounters in…
ACIP voted to change its recommendations for the first dose of measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine for children. (Photo: Joe Radle via Getty Images) A leading committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced new…
Folk beliefs probably exist on every topic. It seems, if you think about it, you can't take a single step without some kind of foreshadowing. For some reason, it's usually unfavorable. And this impression isn't far from reality. It seems…
Saturn will be at opposition on September 21, meaning it will be closest to Earth and appear largest and brightest all year. (Photo: NASA / Hubble) The best time to observe Saturn is just around the corner: on September 21,…
What do you think? If brain organoids became conscious, could we ethically experiment with them, or should we abandon the idea? (Image: Westend61/Getty Images) Controversy rages over miniature models of the human brain. These small, three-dimensional tissue conglomerates grown from…