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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.
Polio in New York – an infectious disease doctor explains this exceedingly rare occurrence
Polio is endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2022. Sarah Poser, Meredith Boyter Newlove/CDC via AP William…
Double-check Your Cup of Coffee: The Evolutionary Story of Caffeine
Ever wake up in the morning holding your nearest cup of joe, and wonder how nature even came…
Food expiration dates don’t have much science behind them – a food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat
Without obvious signs of contamination like the mold in this jam, consumers use expiration dates to decide whether…
The Marburg virus: urgent need to contain this close cousin of Ebola
Roger Harris/Science Photo Library Oyewale Tomori, Nigerian Academy of Science In July 2022 Ghana confirmed its first two…
Depression: low serotonin may not be the cause – but antidepressants still work
Andrew M McIntosh, University of Edinburgh and Cathryn Lewis, King’s College London A recent study found inconsistent evidence…
Depression is probably not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain – new study
TanyaJoy/Shutterstock Joanna Moncrieff, UCL and Mark Horowitz, UCL For three decades, people have been deluged with information suggesting…
How Do Experts Develop Antivenom?
Should you ever find yourself in a situation where you’ve been bitten by a venomous snake (and we…
Reinfection will be part of the pandemic for months to come. Each repeat illness raises the risk of long COVID
Shutterstock/Elizaveta Galitckaia John Donne Potter, Massey University The latest Omicron variant BA.5 is fast becoming dominant worldwide, including…
COVID: risk of diabetes and heart disease is higher after infection – but maybe only temporarily
After COVID, people are at increased risk of being diagnosed with diabetes. Ahmet Misirligul/Shutterstock Emma Rezel-Potts, King’s College…
Why does love feel magical? It’s an evolutionary advantage
Evolutionary psychology may explain why magical thinking is so central to love. Viva Luna Studios via Unsplash, CC…