(Natural News) To truly understand the sturdiness of human bones, U.K. researchers have peered deeper into their structure than ever before. In a Scientific American article, they reported finding helix-shaped nanostructures twisting into and around equally thin spirals of fibrils. The nanostructures are made up of mineral crystallites, while fibrils are a type of protein […]

(Natural News) A study published in the online journal mBio revealed that the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium vivax infects its hosts much, much deeper than previously thought. Researchers found evidence that the parasite penetrates as deep as the bone marrow where it often stays undetected and unimpeded from starting and spreading disease. The World Health Organization […]

(Natural News) The next time you feel like you’re about to come down with the flu, reach for your favorite probiotic. As per a recent study, published in Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, probiotics are “safe and effective” at combating the symptoms of respiratory infections and the common cold. The results of the study have suggested […]

(Natural News) (Natural News) A lot of people rely on science to better understand the world that they live in. There’s just one problem, however: Usually, the “science” that’s being relayed to us is merely a collection of stories and narratives in which some are metaphors, while others are myths. What this means, for most […]

(Natural News) The inhabitants of the ocean can be just as mysterious and fascinating as their home. Invertebrates called pyrosomes, for example, secrete sheets of mucus that they use as a net to catch their food. Pyrosomes belong to a group of marine organisms that Kelly Sutherland, assistant professor of biology at the University of […]

(Natural News) One of the most (formerly) prestigious scientific journals in the world, Nature, has gone completely off the deep end with the publishing of an editorial that calls for more “diversity” in the sciences, because white people are bad. The paper basically claims that science could be a whole lot better if there were […]

(Natural News) In a report from News Wise, Indiana-based researchers reported that stiffer breast tissues increase the risk of developing breast cancer. They warn that stiffness in the connective tissue increase the chances of the tumor spreading to healthy cells. The researchers were investigating the growth and secondary growth of malignant tumors. In order to […]

(Natural News) Humans learn from mistakes – but those errors don’t have to be their own, an article in Science Daily states. The ability to learn from the experiences of other people is called observational learning. A study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has identified the unique brain circuit that enables this secondhand learning. The […]

(Natural News) What is the strongest material on Earth? If you answered “spider silk,” you have just named the former champion, now demoted to second place. In a study published in ACS Nano, researchers reported that new nanoscale cellulose fibers have become the Superman of building materials. Many of our scientific advances pale in comparison to what nature has […]

(Natural News) Researchers have found a new way to measure the photosynthesis levels of marine plants. A Cosmos Magazine article details how they employed underwater microphones that can pick up the sound of oxygen released by the plants. Like their terrestrial counterparts, algae seaweed and other aquatic plants generate oxygen during the photosynthetic process. Because they are underwater, […]