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With advancements in understanding the sciences and the instruments with which we study it, our collective knowledge of what happens inside ourselves is a work in constant progress that involves the most skilled medical practitioners and researchers. They must remain vigilant for any new details in understanding how our bodies work, as well as how our environment interacts with it. Here, Modern Sciences explores the latest developments in the fields of genetics, human biology, epidemiology, and much more.
Viking Skulls Reveal Signs of Infections, Arthritis, and Dental Disease, Study Finds
At a Glance Researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have uncovered significant health issues among the…
Study Reveals Gradual Evolution of Lighter Pigmentation in European Populations Over 45,000 Years
At a Glance Researchers from the University of Ferrara in Italy have examined how skin, eye, and hair…
p53 is both your genome’s guardian and weakness against cancer – scientists are trying to repair or replace it when it goes awry
To stop tumors from forming, p53 can trigger programmed cell death. Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library via Getty Images…
Traumatic brain injuries have toxic effects that last weeks after initial impact − an antioxidant material reduces this damage in mice
Brain damage can release harmful chemicals such as free radicals that cause further damage. fatido/E+ via Getty Images…
How AI Is Helping Save Medicine
DeepMind’s AlphaFold 2 solved a decades-old challenge by predicting the 3D structures of over 200 million proteins, drastically…
Heads vs tails? A simple coin flip can be enough to change how we treat others
Circles in a Circle (1923) Wassily Kandinsky / Philadelphia Museum of Art / The Louise and Walter Arensberg…
The heart is symbol of love – things weren’t always like that
Michelle Spear, University of Bristol Valentine’s Day is all about the hearts: heart-shaped chocolates, cards, balloons and even…
What happens in the brain when there’s a word ‘on the tip of the tongue’?
Frédéric Bernard, Université de Strasbourg We’ve all experienced it: you’re in the middle of a conversation, searching for…
Can aching joints really predict the weather? Exploring the science behind the stormy debate
Michelle Spear, University of Bristol For centuries, people have claimed that their aching joints can predict changes in…
How psychologists kick-started AI by studying the human mind
The Mark I Perceptron used one of the first artificial neural networks to identify letters of the alphabet.…