by Abigail Mullen On Monday, April 16, scientists at the Salk Institute published a paper describing the first successful implantation of human cerebral organoids into a mouse. The purpose of the study…
by Abigail Mullen On March 19, the last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died. He passed away at age 45 due to infections and age-related health problem at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in…
Abigail Mullen In a recent study published on March 5 by Scientific Report, scientists have shown that there is a larger population of Adélie penguins than previously thought. A large…
by Abigail Mullen On Feb. 6, a study on the prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome was published in the journal JAMA. Previous studies with small sample sizes estimated that 10 per every…
by Abigail Mullen On Feb. 4, SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy for the first time at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. According to SpaceX, the Falcon Heavy is one of the…
by Abigail Mullen Salamanders have proven to be excellent models in developmental, regeneration and evolutionary studies. According to Nature, the Mexican axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, has been grown in labs and studied due…