Cardiac arrest. For most of us, it spells the end. For wood frogs, however, it’s just their annual hibernation through the winter. Hibernation is usually a similar process among most species — eat as much as possible, find shelter, and live off those energy stores until the snow begins to melt. Usually, the animal spends […]
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When you think of a cell, you might imagine a balloon-like structure with different organelles inside, each performing a specific function. Some might be breaking down molecules and producing energy while others could be storing information. One of the most important jobs in the cell is to produce proteins — in fact, it takes a
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You may have heard of some eye-catching statistics like “every seven years, every cell in your body has been replaced” or “every day, 50 billion cells in the human body die,” and these are true. Cells within the body are constantly multiplying as you grow, as part of maintaining homeostasis. However, what you might not
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