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A zebrafish egg cell divides. (Fengzhu Xiong and Sean Megason/Harvard Medical School)

Scientists Trace Process Of How One Cell Can Develop into Complex Lifeforms

April 30, 2018

All forms of multicellular life here on Earth begin with just a single cell. From this one cell springs a stream of specialized cells that go on to serve needed functions to create and keep a new life-form alive. This complex process is one of nature’s greatest mysteries. A zebrafish egg cell forms a complex […]

In this March 6, 2017 file photo, Professor Stephen Hawking receives the Honorary Freedom of the City of London during a ceremony at the Guildhall in the City of London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)

Professor Stephen Hawking: 1942 – 2018

March 16, 2018

Stephen Hawking, the brilliant, respected and world-famous theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author, died at his home in Cambridge, England on March 14, 2018, at age 76. Throughout his 50+ year career, Professor Hawking helped us better understand the origins and workings of our universe. According to a biography published on his website, www.hawking.org.uk, Stephen William Hawking was […]

February 2017 Science Images

March 1, 2017

New Ebola Drugs Possible; New Weather Satellite; Bacteria or Virus?

January 22, 2016

Ebola Antibodies Could Lead to Effective Vaccines and Therapies According to the Centers for Disease Control, the 2014 West African Ebola Epidemic killed 11,316 people with about 28,638 suspected, probable, and confirmed cases of the deadly disease. The worst outbreak of Ebola in history prompted researchers from around the world to work on developing ways […]

Science Images from May 2015

May 30, 2015

Facebook Likes Reveal Personality Traits

January 13, 2015

A new Anglo-American study has provided evidence that the ‘digital footprints’ you leave behind on your visits to social media websites such as Facebook can reveal more about your personality than your family or best friends. Researchers at California’s Stanford University and the UK’s University of Cambridge constructed a computer model that mined the Facebook […]

Science Images for September, 2014

September 29, 2014

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August 15, 2014

Science Images of the Week

May 30, 2014

Neanderthals Invented Leather Tool Still Used Today

August 13, 2013

New evidence shows Neanderthals likely invented a type of hand tool that’s still being today by high-end leather workers. Two international teams of researchers reached that conclusion after discovering remnants of  bone tools crafted by ancient man about 50,000 years ago. The tools found at two  Paleolithic sites in southwest France were identified as a […]

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