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'Mindblowing' haul of fossils over 500m years old unearthed in China | Science | The Guardian

'Mindblowing' haul of fossils over 500m years old unearthed in China | Science | The Guardian | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Thousands of fossils date back to huge burst in diversity of life on Earth known as Cambrian explosion
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An Illustrated Subway Map of Human Anatomy

An Illustrated Subway Map of Human Anatomy | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Embark on a visual tour of the human body, where each and every part of the human anatomy is re-imagined as a subway stop.
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Check Out These Amazing Super-Detailed Images of Fruit Fly Brains

Check Out These Amazing Super-Detailed Images of Fruit Fly Brains | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
A team of neuroscientists have produced a series of amazing, detailed images of fruit fly brains using a brand-new combination of imaging techniques.
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Scientists just identified a brand-new human organ. Here's what it means

Scientists just identified a brand-new human organ. Here's what it means | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it

Ever heard of the interstitium?
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Death-bringing 'brain tsunamis' have been observed in humans for the first time

Death-bringing 'brain tsunamis' have been observed in humans for the first time | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it

For the first time, researchers have been able to study the moment brain death becomes irreversible in the human body, observing the phenomenon in several Do Not Resuscitate patients as they died in hospital.
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Genetic Ancestry of Rapanui before and after European Contact

Genetic Ancestry of Rapanui before and after European Contact | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Fehren-Schmitz et al. sequence low-coverage genomes of three pre-European-contact
and two post-European-contact individuals from Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile). They
find that the pre-European-contact Rapanui individuals fall well into the genetic
variability of prehistoric and modern Polynesian populations and show no admixture
with Native Americans.
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Researchers Have Discovered the Mechanism for Memory Retrieval

Researchers Have Discovered the Mechanism for Memory Retrieval | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Researchers have discovered that memories form and get recalled along two distinct circuits in the brain.
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EXCLUSIVE: First human embryos edited in U.S., using CRISPR

EXCLUSIVE: First human embryos edited in U.S., using CRISPR | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Researchers have demonstrated they can efficiently improve the DNA of human embryos.
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First paralyzed human treated with stem cells has regained upper body movement

First paralyzed human treated with stem cells has regained upper body movement | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
(Minds) In March of 2016, Kristopher (Kris) Boesen suffered a traumatic injury to his cervical spine when his car fishtailed on wet road, sending his vehicle into a tree and then crashing into a telephone pole.  The accident left him paralyzed from the neck down and doctors warned his parents that he may never regain motor control…
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The Symphony of Extremes – Official trailer

The Finnish people’s DNA is the most diverse in all of Europe. Extremes are literally in our blood. In honour of Finland’s centenary celebration, we’l
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The Human body Medical English

The Human body Medical English | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
This unit discusses the organs of the human body.
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Octopus and Squid Evolution Is Officially Weirder Than We Could Have Ever Imagined

Octopus and Squid Evolution Is Officially Weirder Than We Could Have Ever Imagined | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
They edit their own genes! 
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Quanta Magazine: Illuminating Science

Quanta Magazine: Illuminating Science | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Enhancing public understanding of research developments in mathematics and the physical and life sciences.
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Scientists grow 'mini-brain on the move' that can contract muscle | Science | The Guardian

Scientists grow 'mini-brain on the move' that can contract muscle | Science | The Guardian | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Cambridge researchers grew ‘organoid’ that spontaneously connected to spinal cord
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NASA Astronaut Who Spent a Year in Space Now Has Different DNA from His Twin –

NASA Astronaut Who Spent a Year in Space Now Has Different DNA from His Twin – | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Travelling into the space is dangerous for a lot of very obvious reasons — traveling off of Earth on a rocket has its risks, after all — but even when everything according to the plan well it seems that a brief stay in space has the potential to alter a person’s very DNA. That’s the…
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Working as a Biologist & Saftey At Work Accidents UKBAP

Working as a Biologist & Saftey At Work Accidents UKBAP | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
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The Most Inspirational PowerPoint Ever Created - YouTube

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Over 30,000 Published Studies Could Be Wrong Due to Contaminated Cells

Over 30,000 Published Studies Could Be Wrong Due to Contaminated Cells | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
An immortal crisis at the heart of biomedicine.
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Real-Life Bionic Woman: The Future Will See Augmented Humans, Not AI Dominion

Real-Life Bionic Woman: The Future Will See Augmented Humans, Not AI Dominion | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking think AI and cybernetics may threaten humanity's survival, but avant garde model and musician Viktoria Modesta thinks not.
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Xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
The use of stem cells has pushed the technology of Xenotransplantion one step closer to being viable.
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Researchers Investigating The Flight MH370 Disappearance Make Some Incredible Finds

Researchers Investigating The Flight MH370 Disappearance Make Some Incredible Finds | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
The search for flight MH370 has resulted in some of the most detailed maps of the deep ocean ever created, revealing the sea bed in incredible resolution.
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Statistics for Biologists

A collection of articles from the publisher of Nature that discusses statistical issues biologists should be aware of and provides practical advice to improve the statistical rigor and reproducibility of their work.
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11 New Facts Science Has Revealed About The Body

11 New Facts Science Has Revealed About The Body | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
 
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Getting Medieval on Bacteria: Ancient Books May Point to New Antibiotics

Getting Medieval on Bacteria: Ancient Books May Point to New Antibiotics | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
A salve of wine, garlic, leeks and oxgall was found to be kill staph and MRSA
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What Happens In The Final 30 Seconds Before You Die

What Happens In The Final 30 Seconds Before You Die | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
What is important to note is that the modern human brain has actually decreased in size. Compared to our ancestors our brains have actually shrunk by approximately 10 per cent. This does not mean that our ancestors were smarter and we have devolved into sub par beings, rather, this can be a sign that evolution is making our brains more efficient. There are some controversies as to the origins of the huge jump in brain capacity in human history. Some anthropologists argue that the consumption of meat created this huge jump in brain capacity while others argue that it is
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