Infectious diseases have been around for millennia—with the earliest known communicable diseases being measles, smallpox, and influenza. While the latest
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Q&A: Professor sets the record straight on 2020 divorce rate—numbers are declining
When it comes to divorce in 2020, don’t believe everything you read. Headlines in newspapers across the country implying that
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Researchers discover new tactic to stop the growth of a deadly brain cancer
University of Calgary scientists and members of the Clark H. Smith Brain Tumor Centre at the Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute
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The obesity and cancer metastasis connection
One in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer within their lifetimes. Fortunately, there has
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Why the demise of the family doctor will be the death of us
Why the demise of the family doctor will be the death of us: From delivering babies to easing the last
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Classic optical illusion leads to the discovery of critical neurons in zebrafish.
By exposing larval zebrafish to a well-known optical illusion, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology and National Institute
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Lie detection: Have the experts got it wrong?
A widely adopted police interview technique, used by both the FBI and British police, to spot if a suspect is
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A Common Steroid May Reduce the Risk of Death in the Sickest COVID-19 Patients
COVID-19 has been ravaging the world for more than nine months, and in that time multiple medications—namely hydroxychloroquine (which had
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Care is the secret ingredient in school lunch programs
“Now you just have to starve,” a student told us bluntly when we asked about their new school lunch program.
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How many organs are in the human body?
Since ancient times, humankind has sought to understand the guts inside us. Ancient Egyptians handled human organs as they removed
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