• He found that most of these respondents trust biologists over others - including religious leaders, voters, philosophers and Supreme Court justices - to determine when human life begins. (freethoughtblogs.com)
  • Poets, philosophers, and scientists have all been inspired by its majestic grandeur. (slco.org)
  • Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. (upworthy.com)
  • Some of the most famous philosophers and scientists were interested in how the eye accommodates. (medscape.com)
  • Dr. Golbeck began studying social media from the moment it emerged on the web a decade ago and is one of the world's foremost experts in the field, discovering people's hidden attributes from their online behavior. (limra.com)
  • Studying how all this genetic material works, and especially how genes influence human behavior, is an enormously complicated undertaking - one that's being made easier by the emergence of massive banks of genetic data and complex data science analysis techniques to parse that data. (news-medical.net)
  • Rather, being able to clarify the genetics of certain behaviors can help scientists understand the nuances of human behavior. (news-medical.net)
  • Previous research has shown that psychopaths have overactive striatum, but the influence of its size on behavior has yet to be confirmed. (scitechdaily.com)
  • I believe that the study of social cognitive development will pave the way for producing real change in adult behavior, especially in the domain of intergroup cognition where attitudes and stereotypes are known to have a profound influence. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • One promising area of research suggests that social behavior and other characteristics and traits are influenced not only by our genetic makeup but also how and where we live. (newkerala.com)
  • To test this model, the scientists evaluated whether environmental exposures during embryonic development could influence social behavior. (newkerala.com)
  • Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, emphasized human behavior: the fear of contagion increased vices such as avarice, greed, and corruption, which paradoxically led to infection and thus to both moral and physical death. (cdc.gov)
  • The first arc starts with the centuries-long war between the Paranoids and the Solnoids, the exodus of early humanity to planet Terra, and the death of the Star Leaf crew. (wikipedia.org)
  • This artificial life turned on humanity, starting a war of extermination against their creators. (wikipedia.org)
  • There is no definitive single marker for the moment when a zygote becomes "human" - we can't even define satisfactorily what humanity means, but one thing for sure, it's not going to be discovered by molecular biologists. (freethoughtblogs.com)
  • The document of the United Nations Cairo Conference on Population and Development has so shocked Pope John Paul II that he has issued this warning to the UN and the world: "What is at stake here is the very future of humanity…the transmission of life, the family, and the material and moral development of society. (theinterim.com)
  • And as the celebration of his life flows on social media - who could forget the time he threw a party for time travelers and no one showed up - we're celebrating Hawking's contributions to this world with some of his most inspirational quotes, the ones that remind us to look forward, look upward, and never forget the common humanity we all share. (upworthy.com)
  • Researchers discovered early modern human DNA in a Neanderthal genome. (csmonitor.com)
  • Ever since geneticists sequenced the first Neanderthal genome in 2010, researchers have been reporting just how related humans are to their ancient, extinct cousins. (csmonitor.com)
  • A global cross-disciplinary team of scientists led by UNSW Sydney researchers, and including those from Trinity College Dublin, has developed the first comprehensive classification of the world's ecosystems across land, rivers and wetlands, and seas. (tcd.ie)
  • These researchers have uncovered a bias in the way life scientists view the human genome (and the genomes of other organisms). (reasons.org)
  • Digging deeper, the researchers found that the drugs suppressed a gene called TOP2a, which, in turn, acted on a cluster of genes that are known to be involved in autism in humans. (newkerala.com)
  • It began when researchers decided to investigate the interplay between disgust and morality. (newscientist.com)
  • Particularly for scientists, the heart has presented a fascinating puzzle, one that researchers continue to solve today. (cdc.gov)
  • Could a group of health researchers from the occupied territory tell their story about life lived under occupation? (who.int)
  • We need to provide parents, teachers, his office, the Office of Women's Health, the CDC, the Na- and community leaders with tools and information that ef- tional Institutes of Health, and researchers and scientists from fectively convey the destructive message of cigarette use. (cdc.gov)
  • When you're dealing with behavioural big data, there's a temptation to forget that you're actually looking into people's lives, and your decisions may end up affecting people's lives. (gu.se)
  • Pizarro needed a suitable fart spray for an experiment to investigate whether a whiff of something disgusting can influence people's judgements. (newscientist.com)
  • Together, these findings raise all sorts of interesting, and troubling, questions about people's prejudices, and the ways in which they might be influenced or even deliberately manipulated. (newscientist.com)
  • Also, this interface consists of a complex bias with multiple factors related, being pointed as a central to people's lives. (bvsalud.org)
  • Because of this view, life scientists and the biomedical research community eschew studying regions of the human genome they deem to be junk DNA. (reasons.org)
  • MUNICH , May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The European Patent Office (EPO) announces that Serbian-American scientist Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic has been nominated as a finalist of the European Inventor Award 2021 for her innovative contribution to biomedical engineering. (prweb.com)
  • Replacing damaged or worn-out tissue has long been a goal of scientists working in the biomedical field. (prweb.com)
  • The future of medical research relies on the ability of scientists to bridge biomedical and computational expertise to deconvolute such complex layers of molecular data and pave the way for delineating novel therapies for infectious and immune-related diseases. (lu.se)
  • The two species were thought to have interbred around 50,000 to 60,000 years ago , based on the Neanderthal DNA found in anatomically modern human specimens and people living today. (csmonitor.com)
  • billions of people present in the world, humans began polluting their own planet, therefore causing many problems to other species of life. (cram.com)
  • At age 60, when most people start seriously thinking about retirement, Larson started building bluebird boxes. (hcn.org)
  • Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, scientists discovered that the striatum, an area of the forebrain, was 10% bigger in psychopathic people compared to a control group of individuals with low or no psychopathic traits. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Scientists are studying people in their nineties (called nonagenarians) and hundreds (called centenarians, including semi-supercentenarians of ages 105-109 years and supercentenarians, ages 110+) to determine what contributes to their long lives. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Whole genome sequencing studies of supercentenarians have identified the same gene variants that increase disease risk in people who have average life spans. (medlineplus.gov)
  • In addition to studying the very old in the United States, scientists are also studying a handful of communities in other parts of the world where people often live into their nineties and older-Okinawa (Japan), Ikaria (Greece), and Sardinia (Italy). (medlineplus.gov)
  • Make sure you have at least 8-10 people interested in starting a club, then all you need to do is get a teacher or parent advisor! (blogspot.com)
  • The people who got sad posts started to post sad things themselves, and vice versa for the group that got happy posts. (gu.se)
  • It helps sustainable solutions to the challenges faced by displaced people and helps them live their lives with dignity. (humansoffuzia.com)
  • At the beginning of this century, the World Health Organization (WHO) found that the so-called non-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, are responsible for the death of forty million people every year, equivalent to 70% of all deaths globally. (iospress.com)
  • But all this new genetic information has people asking: How much do genetics determine our outcomes in life? (uchicago.edu)
  • The ancient Arabian people began to study the chemical properties of essential oils. (life-enthusiast.com)
  • The earlier young people begin using tobacco, the more heavily they are likely to use it as adults, and the longer potential time they have to be users. (cdc.gov)
  • This report examines the past few decades' extensive scientific literature on the factors that influence the onset of use among young people and on strategies to prevent this onset. (cdc.gov)
  • Not only do these conditions drastically reduce lifespans, but they seriously compromise the quality of many lives as well, causing people to become progressively ill and debilitated. (who.int)
  • NIA conducts research to understand the process of aging and uses what we find to optimize quality of life for people as they grow older. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Today most S mi live just like any other people in the Nordic or Russian societies, but with a small part of the population still tied to the more traditional life of reindeer herding and hunting. (lu.se)
  • However, the young S mi people tend to get ridiculed, especially in scenes where reindeer herder Ber-Jon explains his dating life. (lu.se)
  • Unfortunately, about 100 people have lost their lives to this infection. (cdc.gov)
  • These actions undermine COVAX and deprive health workers and vulnerable people around the world of life-saving vaccines. (bvsalud.org)
  • Scientists at Harvard Medical School have identified genetic variants associated with synaptic pruning - offering the first real insights into the genetics and biology behind schizophrenia. (harvard.edu)
  • Evolution has given humans a beautifully orchestrated set of genetic programs to carry most of us through to sexual maturity, but we have also been given a brain large enough to ponder our demise. (the-scientist.com)
  • Yet, if the molecular, cellular, and genetic machinery used to conceive, develop, and operate a human were designed rather than the result of evolution, humans would be different and life would look different. (the-scientist.com)
  • Genetic, environmental, behavioral and dietary factors influence the pathways that regulate aging and life expectancy, thus rendering longevity a very complex phenomenon. (iospress.com)
  • The Human Genome project has explained our most fundamental genetics, CRISPR gene editing can be used to shape genetic code, and companies like 23 & Me can trace your ancestry from a single saliva swab. (uchicago.edu)
  • Tape: And with the fruition of the human genome project in 2003, what we were doing was identifying that the book of life could be read in the As, and Cs, and Ts, and Gs of genetic code. (uchicago.edu)
  • The duration of human life (longevity) is influenced by genetics, the environment, and lifestyle. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Longer life spans tend to run in families, which suggests that shared genetics, lifestyle, or both play an important role in determining longevity. (medlineplus.gov)
  • It is estimated that about 25 percent of the variation in human life span is determined by genetics, but which genes, and how they contribute to longevity, are not well understood. (medlineplus.gov)
  • A few of the common variations (called polymorphisms) associated with long life spans are found in the APOE , FOXO3 , and CETP genes, but they are not found in all individuals with exceptional longevity. (medlineplus.gov)
  • NIH MedlinePlus Magazine had a chance to chat with Dr. Hodes about the latest in cutting-edge Alzheimer's disease research, geroscience (which focuses on the intersection of basic aging biology, chronic disease, and health), the importance of diversity in research, how studying dogs can help us learn about-and improve-health and longevity for both humans and our canine friends, and more. (medlineplus.gov)
  • In October 1990, scientists around the globe began the human genome project. (uchicago.edu)
  • The large black area is a repeat that the human genome project skipped over (they did not yet have the technology to sequence highly repetitive DNA). (creation.com)
  • The twentieth century experienced immense destruction, human suffering, and unprecedented environmental damage. (lionsroar.com)
  • We've known for a long time that how much of a fish population dies from viruses varies based on their environmental and individual health factors (similar to humans and other animals). (nist.gov)
  • Scientists characterize environmental changes through the research of various organisms, due to their observable reactions toward change in their respective environment. (cram.com)
  • We find that in addition to social environmental influences, it is important to consider that there can be differences in biology, in this case, the size of brain structures, between antisocial and non-antisocial individuals. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Environmental improvements beginning in the 1900s extended the average life span dramatically with significant improvements in the availability of food and clean water, better housing and living conditions, reduced exposure to infectious diseases, and access to medical care. (medlineplus.gov)
  • How to Start a School Environmental Club in 8 Easy Steps! (blogspot.com)
  • Well then an environmental club is a perfect place to get started! (blogspot.com)
  • I began working with British American Tobacco in 1983 and much of my early work focused on the science of environmental tobacco smoke, but over the years I have spent a considerable time reviewing, and to some extent contributing, to the vast published scientific literature on smoking and health. (who.int)
  • When scientists sequenced the first human genome in 2003, the true scale of genetics started to become apparent. (news-medical.net)
  • Scientists speculate that for the first seven or eight decades, lifestyle is a stronger determinant of health and life span than genetics. (medlineplus.gov)
  • We asked experts in gerontology, neuroscience, genetics, cell biology, development, and health and fitness science to devise a human that would stand the test of time. (the-scientist.com)
  • Traditionally, life scientists have viewed pseudogenes as the remnants of once functional genes. (reasons.org)
  • However, DNA bases and genes are not simply keys on a massive piano upon which human lives are played like masterpieces. (news-medical.net)
  • Environment, nutrition, pollution, life experiences and other circumstances can change when and how genes matter for certain outcomes, and even change which places in the genomes matter for those outcomes altogether. (news-medical.net)
  • The idea, Wedow stresses, is not that these genes control a person's life or destiny. (news-medical.net)
  • It is likely that variants in multiple genes, some of which are unidentified, act together to contribute to a long life. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Do your genes determine your success in life? (uchicago.edu)
  • Paul Rand: Since then, scientists have been trying to identify specific sentences in that book, figuring out which genes are associated with which traits. (uchicago.edu)
  • And recently, they've begun looking beyond just our physical traits to see if genes also have a hand in determining how successful we may be in our society. (uchicago.edu)
  • In 2014, scientists developed a draft map of the human proteome , which catalogued proteins encoded by over 17,000 human genes, or about 84% of all protein-coding genes in the human genome. (cdc.gov)
  • Who were/are your mentors or scientific influences? (psychologicalscience.org)
  • I was incredibly lucky to have both of them serve as mentors during my graduate studies at Harvard and their support has been invaluable to my growth as an intellectual, a scientist, a teacher, and a person. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • This book is the first to inquire into the range of influences and ideas, the mentors and rivals, and the formal and informal education that shaped Charles Darwin and prepared him for his remarkable career of scientific achievement. (inkwellmanagement.com)
  • Lund University has successfully recruited two DDLS Fellows starting now in the beginning of 2023. (lu.se)
  • In 2023, I started my own group at Lund University using systems immunology as a data-driven approach to decipher how biological sex impacts human immunity and disease susceptibility. (lu.se)
  • In Oregon, citizen scientists with the Haystack Rock Awareness Program observe and record coastal observations as a way to protect and help scientists study their communities. (csmonitor.com)
  • The Frontiers Research Topic, " Microbiome interplay and control ", consists of a collection of scientific articles exploring the interaction between host organisms and the microbiome, and how the microbiome can be influenced and controlled. (frontiersin.org)
  • However, the microbiome isn't unique to humans. (frontiersin.org)
  • While most of the human microbiome is present in the gut, these microbes can have significant effects on other sites in the body. (frontiersin.org)
  • In 1978, a group of concerned scientists and bluebird lovers established the North American Bluebird Society, and Larson was one of the first "citizen scientists" to answer their call. (hcn.org)
  • Most of those programmes seem to be aimed for computer scientists. (gu.se)
  • Dr. Jennifer Golbeck is a computer scientist, Director of the Social Intelligence Lab, and a professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. (limra.com)
  • Her research focuses on analyzing and computing with social media and creating human-friendly security and privacy systems. (limra.com)
  • The seven billion human beings are social animals and must learn to live together. (lionsroar.com)
  • But this public attention to social reproduction has developed to complement and compensate for the failures of the more fundamental principle: responsibility for one's life under capitalism rests with the private individual or household. (newsocialist.org)
  • We know that social forces like socioeconomic status play a role in influencing a person's life and life outcomes. (news-medical.net)
  • Assistant Professor Olivia Choy, a neuroscientist from NTU's School of Social Sciences, currently presenting diagrams of the human striatum. (scitechdaily.com)
  • At the same time, computers start to compete with humans for jobs, seeding social turmoil. (csmonitor.com)
  • Social scientists have mapped the decline of violence, and education faculty have transformed our understanding of early language acquisition. (harvard.edu)
  • That a person behaviour is influenced by their social group. (gu.se)
  • Despite the significance of social-cognition in everyday life, the cognitive and cultural origins of such processes leave many questions unanswered. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • Scientists suspect many social traits are determined before birth. (newkerala.com)
  • This study examines the process of transition between work and family, starting at conflict of social roles theory. (bvsalud.org)
  • Despite 30 years of decline in overall smoking prevalence, despite widespread dissemination of information about smoking, despite a continuing decline in the social acceptability of smoking, substantial numbers of young men and women begin to smoke and become addicted. (cdc.gov)
  • The need for new measures of health (such as social suffering) to reflect the realities of life under occupation and conflict. (who.int)
  • The ecosystem typology will enable more coordinated and effective biodiversity conservation, critical for human wellbeing. (tcd.ie)
  • Biodiversity underpins life as we know it, including the air that we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink. (savethehighseas.org)
  • I think having a background in human behaviour also gives me an interesting view on some aspects of data as well. (gu.se)
  • Attend the 2019 Life Insurance Conference to network with your peers and leading industry experts as we look at the key trends that will shape our future and set the agenda for Life . (limra.com)
  • But smoking young women are greatly influenced by their peers and the wreaks a great and unique toll on the health of our women glamor of smoking portrayed through magazines, television, and teenage girls as well. (cdc.gov)
  • Some of the gene variants that contribute to a long life are involved with the basic maintenance and function of the body's cells. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Kathryn Paige Harden: Almost everything that we are interested in studying in humans is not influenced by one gene. (uchicago.edu)
  • The life cycle of a protein starts with a blueprint transcribed from a gene, followed by folding, which translates the blueprint to a three-dimensional structure that allows it to carry out its biological function, and ends with degradation. (cdc.gov)
  • Indeed, the Chief Executive of the United Kingdom's Audit Commission recently said that this alone will lead to a reduction in the overall life expectancy of the next generation of British adults. (who.int)
  • This time though, humans are to blame. (savethehighseas.org)
  • An alumnus in London described Harvard as having "handed him a looking glass," an invaluable perspective that stretched beyond himself and yet at the same time cast his own life into new view. (harvard.edu)
  • Anyone who understands how time takes its toll on the body and mind, however, will recognize that designing a human body built to last requires far more substantive changes than meddling with simple anatomy. (the-scientist.com)
  • Humans spend most of their time interacting with conspecifics, directly and indirectly, and much of our mental life is spent thinking about these interactions (past, present, and future). (psychologicalscience.org)
  • Since the dawn of time human beings have been trying to improve the quality of the existence and extend their lifespan. (iospress.com)
  • In 1988, Hawking published 'A Brief History of Time,' which accomplished, as The Independent notes, the 'impossible' tasks of not only taking the entire history of time and space and relating it all in just one volume but also making it easy to read and understand for everyone - not just fellow scientists. (upworthy.com)
  • However, if we discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable by everyone, not just by a few scientists,' Hawking wrote at the end of the book . (upworthy.com)
  • It also gives us an opportunity to explore potential treatments that could restore sociability in these animals and, perhaps in time, eventually in humans as well. (newkerala.com)
  • Closely analyzing Darwin's Autobiography and scientific notebooks, the author draws a fully human portrait of Darwin for the first time: a vastly erudite and powerfully ambitious individual, self-absorbed but lacking self-confidence, hampered as much as helped by family, and sustained by a passion for philosophy and logic. (inkwellmanagement.com)
  • Studies of the human proteome have enabled scientists to track protein synthesis, modification, and degradation over time and across different cell types. (cdc.gov)
  • Before I begin however, I did just want to offer my deepest possible sympathies to the wife and family of Dr Lee at this incredibly sad time and to everyone who knew him. (who.int)
  • The 1966 science-fiction film Fantastic Voyage looked ahead to a time when scientists could explore and heal the body from the inside. (cdc.gov)
  • Now we will begin and you will our actually speech and in the end we will ask you questions, only the members of the comity, and you have all the time that you want, we are not in a hurry. (who.int)
  • At the same time, the differences between humans and animals appear simply as variations in biochemical substances. (lu.se)
  • The history provided information about age, gen- concept of endemicity in contrast to of epidemiology typically starts with der, place of residence and the seasonal epidemic diseases that occur out of the Hippocrates in about 400 BCE but conditions at the time of onset of the routine. (who.int)
  • Meet Al Larsen, a citizen scientist with decades of meticulous records of the West's bluebirds. (hcn.org)
  • Let's begin with the planet nearest the Earth, the planet with whose history is bound up with the Earth's history, though only in a certain sense, and which once played an entirely different part in earthly life from the part it plays today. (rsarchive.org)
  • 10% of ecosystems are artificially created and maintained by humans but these areas occupy more than 30% of the Earth's land surface - what is left is home to 94% of threatened species on the IUCN Red List. (tcd.ie)
  • The total number of animals has halved since the 1970s in what some scientists have termed the start of Earth's sixth mass extinction . (savethehighseas.org)
  • Her research has influenced industry, government, and the military. (limra.com)
  • The brief, coordinated by a University of Chicago graduate student in comparative human development, Steven Andrew Jacobs, is based on a problematic piece of research Jacobs conducted. (freethoughtblogs.com)
  • This research is a step forward in understanding the complex ways that chronic exposure to microplastics in the environment can affect the health of ecosystems and animals (including humans). (nist.gov)
  • Rare gas MRI imaging offers a paradigm of basic research, illustrating why good scientists pursue their own stars, and why the government should support them. (aps.org)
  • Many of these interactions can affect human health, sometimes in surprising ways, and this is covered in several articles in the Research Topic. (frontiersin.org)
  • Toward the end of my bachelor's degree I started to see research coming from Facebook. (gu.se)
  • There, a collaborative group of scientists seek to advance research, education and clinical care as it relates to consciousness. (sjc.edu)
  • Although a long-lived elixir has not yet been found, physicians and scientists agree that nutrition has a major impact on the overall mortality and morbidity, hence becoming the subject of a widespread scientific research. (iospress.com)
  • I began to make progress with my research. (upworthy.com)
  • However, Peterson notes that this study was conducted in animals, and more research needs to be done before any of its results can be confirmed in humans. (newkerala.com)
  • The aim of the research was to assess in vivo the influence of triterpene alcohol betulin extracted from Betula pendula Roth. (bvsalud.org)
  • To discover which interventions and treatments work best and will ultimately improve quality of life, we need volunteers with and without Alzheimer's disease and related dementias to participate in research trials . (medlineplus.gov)
  • The SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) is the is one of the latest research initiative funded by Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation. (lu.se)
  • David Levenson is responsible for leading one of the world's largest associations of life insurance and financial services companies, representing more than 1300 financial services companies across 64 countries. (limra.com)
  • The world's seven billion human beings must learn to work together. (lionsroar.com)
  • It may seem rather odd that we haven't had this before, but historically scientists have forged advances by working somewhat separately in marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. (tcd.ie)
  • The brothers and sisters of centenarians typically have long lives, and if they develop age-related diseases (such as high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, or type 2 diabetes ), these diseases appear later than they do in the general population. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Disgust is experienced by all humans, typically accompanied by a puckered-lipped facial expression. (newscientist.com)
  • I predict that the study of genomics will influence the future development of computers. (creation.com)
  • This study helps us understand at the molecular level why sociability is disrupted during the very earliest stages of life," says Randall T. Peterson, Ph.D, the corresponding author of the study and dean of the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. (newkerala.com)
  • But this study suggests that even in those individuals later in life, you can still come in and inhibit this pathway and restore sociality. (newkerala.com)
  • However, if we study how scientists have structured the solar system and the spacial universe in general, we can observe that small galaxies are scattered just before the planets. (icydestiny.com)
  • Because the proteome is a continuously changing set of proteins that differs from cell to cell, it is challenging for scientists to capture and study it. (cdc.gov)
  • This study must provide insights about those domains and will be supported by national and international studies that discussed the contemporary transformations and their impacts on human life. (bvsalud.org)
  • Today, scientists can study the human body and its diseases down in detail. (lu.se)
  • We describe determinants likely to influence the future epidemiology and health impact of antimicrobial-resistant infections. (cdc.gov)
  • In short, we need to complement analysis of molecular biology with an examination of other determinants that are likely to influence the future epidemiology and health impact of antimicrobial-resistant, bacterial infections. (cdc.gov)
  • tions of Muslim scientists to the field two cases was attributed to drinking and He directly attributed certain diseases of epidemiology. (who.int)
  • In some ways, the Western world is a female-friendlier place than it was half a century ago, when second wave feminists began fighting for everything from access to abortion and women's shelters, to maternity leave, daycares and pay equity. (newsocialist.org)
  • The extensive collaboration includes the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which comprises about 1,400 member organisations, including countries, the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, and more than 100 specialist ecosystem scientists around the world. (tcd.ie)
  • Each of us holds one or two central truths - bedrock beliefs that influence how we perceive the world. (hcn.org)
  • When it really started changing the world is when white teenagers joined that community," says Ms. Blackman. (csmonitor.com)
  • For the rest of your life there is a constant stream of microbes entering and leaving your body, providing a sustained biological connection between you and the rest of the world. (frontiersin.org)
  • and the answers to those questions have made the world smarter and changed the course of human history. (harvard.edu)
  • He will show us how those subtle planes and worlds are connected to each other and how they influence our lives here in the human world. (auro-ebooks.com)
  • Since winning the TED Prize, Turok has made incredible strides connecting Africa's young scientists with the best lecturers in the world. (ted.com)
  • This is what we would expect to see say in an influenza pandemic where there's a new virus to which the community, and indeed the human population around the world, has little or no immunity. (cdc.gov)
  • We investigate how biological sex impacts human immunity using systems immunology approaches. (lu.se)
  • Over her lifetime, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic has made a major contribution to tissue engineering, one of the most promising ways to prolong the human lifespan and improve quality of life," said EPO president António Campinos, announcing the 2021 EPO Award finalists. (prweb.com)
  • But scientists had yet to find a signature of such mating interactions in Neanderthal DNA, until now. (csmonitor.com)
  • Genomics has led to valuable insights into the complex processes influencing health and disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Complex life forms have evolved in tandem with it, and it has shaped our evolution as a synergistic companion. (frontiersin.org)
  • Our brains are these amazing, complex creations, and it's only in recent years that scientists have truly begun to understand these biological neural networks . (season.org)
  • The human genome is the most complex computer operating system anywhere in the known universe. (creation.com)
  • Because the more complex life is, the less tenable evolutionary theory becomes. (creation.com)
  • The genome, though, runs a hyper-complex machine called the human body. (creation.com)
  • As a Buddhist monk, I appeal to all human beings to practice compassion-the source of happiness. (lionsroar.com)
  • What are Buddha, Allah, or Christ supposed to do if we human beings destroy our earth, fill the oceans with plastic so that fish, seals, and whales perish, cause rapid increase of desertification and greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere? (lionsroar.com)
  • Wherever I go I emphasize that all seven billion human beings are physically, mentally, and emotionally the same. (lionsroar.com)
  • Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible. (upworthy.com)
  • Never before has a single species exerted such influence on the planet and the evolution of its inhabitants, or put its own survival in such jeopardy. (savethehighseas.org)
  • Thomson's account of the birth and maturing of Darwin's brilliant theory is fascinating for the way it reveals both his genius as a scientist and the human foibles and weaknesses with which he mightily struggled.What sort of person was the young naturalist who developed an evolutionary idea so logical, so dangerous, that it has dominated biological science for a century and a half? (inkwellmanagement.com)
  • It is only recently that scientists have realized that the huge diversity of microbes in and on humans, plants and animals is a significant factor in health and disease, and in ecology and agriculture. (frontiersin.org)
  • We are now in an era of unprecedented technology development, where the combination of high throughout technologies, longitudinal sampling and clinical data allow for a deep and comprehensive characterization of human health and disease. (lu.se)
  • It is important for scientists to continuously speak up about the dangers we face and alert the public. (lionsroar.com)
  • The practice of life science is continuously becoming more data-dependent. (lu.se)
  • Moreover, progress in microbiologic detection and identification of infectious pathogens is likely to influence diagnostic uncertainty and prescribing patterns of antimicrobial drugs. (cdc.gov)
  • By exploring the motif of the plague, a consistent and well-spread theme in literature, London's novel is part of a long literary tradition, inviting the reader to reflect on the ancestral fear of humans toward infectious diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • We aim to substantially reduce the greatest threats to life in the deep sea and to safeguard the long-term health, integrity and resilience of deep-sea ecosystems. (savethehighseas.org)
  • The analysis indicate that the domains of work and family creates an area influenced by beliefs and values of society and also dependent of the culture of the individual. (bvsalud.org)
  • Darwin's theories on how to breed a better human race were expanded by Sir Francis Gatton, who is credited with coining, in 1883, the word "eugenics," and claiming - quite wrongly - that eugenics was a pure science. (theinterim.com)
  • Keith Thomson concentrates on Darwin's early life as a schoolboy, a medical student at Edinburgh, a theology student at Cambridge, and a naturalist aboard the Beagle on its famous five-year voyage. (inkwellmanagement.com)
  • In a televised speech Sunday, President Obama laid out a range of tasks necessary to defeat Islamic State and prevent another shooting like that in San Bernardino, Calif. Perhaps the most difficult yet critical task was this: that Muslim leaders speak out against interpretations of Islam that are "incompatible with the values of religious tolerance, mutual respect, and human dignity. (csmonitor.com)
  • Thereafter, I joined Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm, Sweden) as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, and utilized computational methods to understand human antiviral immunity. (lu.se)
  • My lab combines high throughput multi-omics technologies with state-of-the-art computational methods to understand mechanisms of sex differences in human immunity. (lu.se)
  • Our lab's strength relies on our ability to combine unique wet and dry lab expertise in systems immunology to bridge this gap, and better understand the emergence, mechanisms, and consequences of sex differences in human immunity. (lu.se)
  • Charles Darwin, when drafting his theory of evolution, presented imperfections in humans' anatomic structures and functions as the strongest evidence for his theory. (the-scientist.com)
  • Self-reliant and frugal, Larson lives alone in his forest home about an hour northeast of Boise. (hcn.org)
  • The latter requires human moral/ethical decisions that lie outside of the purview of science. (aps.org)
  • Stressful early-life events are among the primary factors associated with the development of mental and physical diseases. (plos.org)
  • Many nonagenarians and centenarians are able to live independently and avoid age-related diseases until the very last years of their lives. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Leonard Hayflick, who demonstrated the finitude of repeated cell divisions so elegantly in the 1960s (see Foundations ) offers perhaps the most fantastic if most unattainable fix: Perfect or near perfect synthesis, maintenance, and repair of every biomolecule in the human body, he says, would make the risk for most age-related diseases and disorders simply vanish. (the-scientist.com)
  • Wracked by self-doubt, Lufy is forced to make a decision as Solnoids and Paranoids face each other in battle in the very solar system in which the new life form and the last Star Leaf survivor have established an existence-and the Solnoid army, who are unaware of the plan, intend to deploy a System Destroyer to wipe out the enemy once and for all. (wikipedia.org)
  • Neanderthals and modern humans mated 50,000 years earlier than we thought, scientists say. (csmonitor.com)
  • Scenario of interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals: Neanderthal DNA in present-day humans outside Africa originates from interbreeding that occurred 47,000 - 65,000 years ago (green arrow). (csmonitor.com)
  • Modern human DNA in Neanderthals is likely a consequence of earlier contact between the two groups roughly 100,000 years ago (red arrow). (csmonitor.com)
  • Franz Alt: Your Holiness, dear friend, fifteen years ago you said to me in an interview: "The twenty-first century could become the happiest and most peaceful one in human history. (lionsroar.com)
  • Through years of improper programming, the enemy has been able to influence our way of thinking through bad experiences, negative words and lies. (season.org)
  • Rhea Plot Summary In the year 2084, scientist Grey Newman found and reverse-engineered the technology from a Solnoid ship found on the Moon (see Eternal Story) and unintentionally brought about the end of civilization. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although there was a cloud hanging over my future,' Hawking said of his diagnosis ,'I found, to my surprise, that I was enjoying life in the present more than before. (upworthy.com)
  • Although the scientists only found four compounds that are Top2a inhibitors, evidence suggests hundreds of other drugs and naturally occurring compounds in our environment can inhibit its activity. (newkerala.com)
  • Before diving deep into the new unaware galaxies that we are so intrigued about, let's look at the most commonly talked about galaxy which was found by scientists and studied so extensively upon. (icydestiny.com)
  • It contributes to better health and physical wellbeing, and inspires and energizes the human mind. (slco.org)
  • Microbes help us to digest food, train our immune system, trigger bioactive substances, influence emotions and brain activity, and even defend us from pathogens," explains Topic Editor, Christine Moissl-Eichinger , of the Medical University of Graz. (frontiersin.org)
  • I obtained my PhD in Immunology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Buffalo, USA) and with a short stay at Institut Pasteur (Paris, France), where I investigated how sex hormone signaling influences immune responses in cancer and during infections. (lu.se)
  • These factors include regulatory policies that may influence use of antimicrobial drugs, infection control practices, technologic development, and drug discovery. (cdc.gov)
  • The researcher, herself inspired as a child by the scientific excellence of fellow Serbian Nikola Tesla, pioneered an alternative: growing cells in a laboratory by carefully controlling the external environments - the temperature, pH, nutrients, oxygen, growth factors and physical forces - to influence the type of tissue they develop into, and then implanting this tissue into the body. (prweb.com)
  • Too often they regard the human genome as a repository of useless, nonfunctional DNA that arises as a vestige of evolutionary history. (reasons.org)
  • In 1816, a teenager began to compose what many view as the first true work of science fiction - and unleashed one of the most subversive attacks on modern science ever written. (nature.com)
  • These influences shaped her youthful thinking, and were encouraged by Shelley, who had dabbled in science at the University of Oxford before being thrown out for atheism. (nature.com)
  • Its use determines whether "science extends and enriches our lives. (aps.org)
  • I think the publicization of an agreed definition of science will help to combat "the growing influence of pseudoscientific claims," and that this is a worthwhile objective. (aps.org)
  • Despite the fact that scientists condemned eugenics as a "pseudo-science," the eugenics movement became fashionable and spread rapidly in Europe and the United States. (theinterim.com)
  • When the Monitor asked a group of science fiction writers about what life will be like in 2050, we knew to expect the unexpected. (csmonitor.com)
  • The master's programme in Applied Data Science started in 2017 and Fionn Delahunty from Ireland is in the first batch of students in the programme. (gu.se)
  • In March, APS Began a multi-part series profiling Rising Stars in psychological science. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • Hawking's influence exceeded the field of science. (upworthy.com)
  • It was only through the cosmetic and perfume industry that some of the valuable science of aromatherapy began to resurface. (life-enthusiast.com)
  • Richard J. Hodes, M.D., an influential scientist in the field of immunology, has dedicated his career to the science of aging. (medlineplus.gov)
  • If images are the form through which the public understands science, how do images influence our attitude to these issues? (lu.se)
  • When you close the latest issue of Popular Science, you have been inundated with scientific images and a new thought process has started. (lu.se)
  • He spent the first half of his life in seasonal variations and location. (who.int)
  • In the 21st century the Earthen discovery of derelict alien technology on the Moon-which are in fact the remnants of the events in Eternal Story-ignited an arms race as the "Western" and "Eastern" blocs rushed to deploy the technology as weapons, including a form of artificial life based on the Paranoids, the MME. (wikipedia.org)
  • Later, I learned how early humans wiped out giant Pleistocene animals and then went to work killing moas, dodos, passenger pigeons, Carolina parakeets - the list goes on. (hcn.org)
  • The project takes advantage of human longitudinal birth cohort data, animal studies and cellular models to test the hypothesis of shared mechanisms and molecular pathways by which ELS shapes an individual's physical and mental health in adulthood. (plos.org)
  • Myself I am a scientist with a doctorate in physical chemistry and postdoctoral experience at Cornell University in the united states and Canterbury University in the United Kingdom. (who.int)
  • Since I'm a human, of course, I share the blame of my ancestors. (hcn.org)
  • We've got a lot of questions to get down to today, so let's get started with today's questions. (cdc.gov)
  • So, when the epidemic first started, a lot of the approach to slow the spread and even prevent the entry into the United States for as long as possible focused on containment measures. (cdc.gov)
  • And this really was, is something that's been observed since the beginning of the epidemic in China, and we're now seeing it in the United States as well. (cdc.gov)
  • How will machine learning and artificial intelligence alter our lives? (harvard.edu)
  • Have you ever thought about the number of microbes, including bacteria and fungi, in the human body? (frontiersin.org)
  • The microbial cells in your body number in the trillions, and have been estimated to rival the number of human cells. (frontiersin.org)
  • A coordinated network of molecular processes providing cells with nearly flawless surveillance, maintenance, and repair capabilities exemplifies the "perfection" of the human body. (the-scientist.com)
  • In the 1980s, when Vunjak-Novakovic began her career, the mainstream approach was to combine cells and biomaterials, and insert them into the body, with the intention of this transplant finding a way to regenerate tissues. (prweb.com)
  • The scaffold is populated with stem cells from the patient's own abdominal fat and placed inside a bioreactor, which mimics the finely calibrated conditions within the human body, enabling the bone to grow. (prweb.com)
  • Dr. George Mashour (A91) is a nationally-recognized expert in the field of neuroscience, leading a multi-disciplinary team investigating the nature of human consciousness. (sjc.edu)
  • Chiaradonna is passionately committed to evolving the workplace of tomorrow and fully embraces concepts like work-life integration and the growing need for employee value propositions. (limra.com)
  • And sometimes unglamorous, sympathetic accounts of the personal lives of young women can even attract a substantial audience. (newsocialist.org)
  • The myth of Victor Frankenstein, the crazed but idealistic young scientist who unwittingly lets loose his monstrous creation and struggles to accept responsibility, is a heady cocktail of gothic melodrama and disturbing speculation. (nature.com)
  • These young geon General David Satcher and the Centers for Disease Con- women must know that once they start, it will be difficult to trol and Prevention (CDC) in producing this report of the stop--and that the health risks are very real and costly. (cdc.gov)
  • As scientists, many of us regard the ability to explain what has already been observed as an insufficient test of scientific understanding. (aps.org)