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The living bomb and its aftermath: Radiation of life during the Cambrian explosion

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Life on Earth today is fantastically diverse, as even within just the animal kingdom more than 1 million species have been discovered. They all have their own role in the ecosystem, defined as their niche. While organisms have always had their own niches in the environment, prior to the geological time period known as the […]

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The present and future applications of 3D printing in cardiac surgery

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It might sound like science fiction, but the future of 3D-printed organs is closer than one would imagine. New innovations in printing technology are making leaps in implants or grafts possible. One day, it might even be possible to replace major sections of the heart using cells from a patients’ own body.  One day, it

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Defining death

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On paper, it sounds pretty easy to determine if something is alive or not — within the medical field, though, it is far more complicated. Because of outside pressures of lawsuits, religious objections, and state-to-state legislation, it can be a minefield when trying to correctly meet the criteria for death.  The Universal Determination of Death

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Cerebral organoids raise ethical questions of consciousness

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Few organs are held in as high regard as the human brain. It’s incredibly complex with many mysteries that still puzzle researchers. As the keeper of all thoughts, emotions, memories, and senses of self, it’s what makes humans human. Traditional in vitro models can be useful, but they fail to imitate communication between the different

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Telepathy may be a reality: Brain-to-brain collaboration

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Telepathy may no longer be pseudoscience. New technological frontiers are pushing the boundaries of human capability, edging scientific fiction closer to scientific reality. One such feasible experience is direct brain-to-brain collaboration. In 2015, researchers at the University of Washington explored such information exchange but were limited by the need for physical interaction with interfaces (taking

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In cold blood: All about therapeutic hypothermia

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Therapeutic hypothermia, as the name suggests, is a method of purposefully lowering a patient’s body temperature to approximately 93 degrees Fahrenheit in an effort to increase survival rate and decrease the likelihood of further damage to the brain.  Take for example, a patient who’s suffered cardiac arrest and, after an intense round of CPR, has

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The truth behind your random aches

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Psychosomatic disorders are more simple than they sound. The word “psychosomatic” can be broken into two components: “psycho-,” which means relating to the mind and “-somatic,” relating to the body. In layman’s terms, psychosomatic disorders occur when one’s mental state manifests physical symptoms. Socrates first introduced a semblance of today’s psychosomatic disorders 2500 years ago

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