Health & Medicine
A new cell model could help kids and teens with arthritis
This model was built by a teenager with juvenile idiopathic arthritis — a poorly understood chronic illness.
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Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.
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- Life
Let’s learn about life forms that have survived in space
Moss spores, bacteria and tardigrades have all proved their hardiness outside the International Space Station.
- Animals
Beware the vipers: These snakes appear to strike the fastest
Other snake species, however, can also attack at amazingly fast speeds, giving stiff competition to some of the slower vipers.
- Genetics
Scientists created human egg cells from skin cells
The technique could someday help people without reproductive cells of their own have children. But much more research is needed.
- Ecosystems
Scientists Say: Transplant
Transplant means to move something from one place to another. A transplant can involve something as small as a cell or as large as a whole population.
- Health & Medicine
TikTok skincare routines may cause more harm than good
Many videos used lots of costly skincare products full of potential irritants. And most left out the most important way to care for your skin: sun protection.
- Physics
Here’s why your blood vessels don’t burst under pressure
Cells lining the blood vessels reorganize their inner structures to handle stressful boosts in pressure.
- Archaeology
A tattoo experiment hints at how Ötzi the Iceman got his ink
The findings challenge a common idea about how the mummified man got marked with dark lines.
- Microbes
What the weird world of protists can teach us about life on Earth
Microbes vastly outnumber multicellular life on Earth. A close-up look at protists highlights how much we don't know about the microscopic world.
- Life
Scientists Say: Protist
Unified by a few key traits, these diverse organisms come in all shapes and sizes.
