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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.
New Research Reveals Alzheimer’s May Start From Bacteria From the Nose
Research from both Griffith University and the Queensland University of Technology found some alarming evidence as part of…
Even mild COVID can cause brain shrinkage and affect mental function, new study shows
Shutterstock Sarah Hellewell, Curtin University Most of what we know about how COVID can affect the brain has…
Should public health measures like masking continue beyond the pandemic? Data on viral infections shows their benefits
A woman wears a face mask as she walks by the sculpture ‘The Illuminated Crowd’ on a street…
COVID reinfections: are they milder and do they strengthen immunity?
illpaxphotomatic/Shutterstock Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia We’ve known since early on in the pandemic that COVID reinfections…
Scientists Used Heart Cells to Make a Biohybrid “Fish”—And It Swims Using “Heartbeats”
First off, no, scientists did not slap fins onto a human heart and made it backstroke across a…
Caffeine Can Help Reduce Your Bad Cholesterol—And Scientists Just Found Out How
While we wouldn’t necessarily recommend going on a coffee-exclusive diet as the next health trend, there really does…
Pain Medication Receives New Insights Thanks to Spider Venom
No, please don’t look away—I swear I’m not here to scare you off. This may sound strange at…
How Are You Reading This Title, Anyway?
Dr. Joe Hanson is back with Be Smart, which asks us a question that, admittedly, originally sounds like…
A Robot Just Performed an Autonomous Laparoscopic Procedure For the First Time
With every major step or leap that the best of our engineers can impart unto us through everyday…
Hydrogels May Be Our Next Best Bet Against Obesity (With a Little Help From Light)
According to the World Health Organization, some 1.9 billion adults aged 18 and above were classified as overweight…