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Explaining Diabetes Insipidus: Diabetes Is Not Always About Sugar
Many people immediately associate diabetes with sugar because they assume every form of the condition involves problems with glucose regulation. However, not all diabetes stems […]
Scientists Confirmed that Living Organisms Emit a Glow that Fades Upon Death
For decades, scientists have suspected that living organisms emit faint glimmers of light, invisible to unaided eyes yet potentially meaningful. Recent experiments using ultra-sensitive photon […]
The Grue Jay: First Wild Hybrid of Blue Jay and Green Jay Born of Climate Change
In late May 2023, an unfamiliar bird appeared in a suburban residence near San Antonio, Texas. A homeowner, later identified as Donna Currey, posted images […]
Pros and Cons of GDP as a Macroeconomic Indicator
The gross domestic product or GDP of a particular country represents the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced within its borders […]
What is CRISPR? How CRISPR Gene Editing Works?
Antonio Regalado, a senior editor for biomedicine for MIT Technology Review, wrote an article in 2014 that described CRISPR as the biggest biotech discovery of […]
Origins of Viruses: Hypotheses and Theories
There are two competing assumptions regarding the origins of viruses: either they evolved alongside primitive cells or early in the evolution of life, or they […]
Disadvantage of Building More Roads and Widening Existing Ones
Traffic congestion is one of the major developmental problems in urban areas in both developed and developing countries. Some of the cities with the worst […]
Difference Between Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy
Fiscal policy and monetary policy are macroeconomic tools used for managing the economy or to be more specific, to resolve macroeconomic problems such as recession, […]
Elite Capture in Ghana: Inside the Failed Fight Against Illegal Small-Scale Mining
In 2017, Ghana launched an ambitious war against illegal small-scale gold mining, widely known as galamsey. The government instituted a moratorium on all small-scale mining, […]