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Most people can recall feeling embarrassed due to a situation they witnessed, or sad after seeing someone else cry. What causes these second-hand emotions? It turns out cells called mirror neurons play a role in our reactions in these sorts of scenarios.
Neuronal cells make up the circuitry of the brain. They consist of a round body and long cellular extension called an axon, which conducts electrical impulses from neuron to neuron. These impulses facilitate the sending of signals and initiation of responses, allowing the brain to perform its many vital functions.
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The nearest star to us, the Sun, is important in many ways. Not only does it help sustain life on Earth, but it also provides
We live in on planet Earth, where the atmosphere is made of elements such as nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide and where its inhabitants, like
Defining the disease Melanoma is defined as a type of skin cancer that usually begins in melanocytes (pigment-producing cells). This type of cancer normally occurs
It is often said, “When one looks into the past, one tends to miss the future.” In the status quo, the human race is fixated
Drug repurposing or drug repositioning, is a drug development strategy extensively used during the recent years within the research field, it involves predication on the
Social Darwinism includes the evolutionary concept of ‘survival of the fittest’. Organisms live through it every day in order to survive. Plants, people, and animals have
After nearly two decades in space, NASA’s spacecraft, Cassini, made a fateful plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere on September 15, 2017- disintegrating and completing its mission.
The effects of music on the human body have attracted scientists and researchers to investigate the relationship between music and human health, questioning how the sound vibrations
The aging process is impossible to avoid, and each and one of us will at one point experience it. Over the past centuries, death has
For many years, and continuing today, the average grade is a C; a grade of B is considered above average, and a B+ was considered
The brain consists of three main parts: the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the brainstem. The cerebrum is responsible for interpreting touch, vision, hearing, speech, reasoning,
In the early days of medicine, when doctors were first beginning to discover the power of antibiotics, there was minimal control on how antibiotics were
Our body is a cluster of trillions of cells, millions of tissues, organs, and organ systems. A myriad of various physiological, molecular, and chemical processes
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