Biology

Anthropohubris

This series reflects N.K.'s hunger to absorb the interplay between humans and their environment. By exploring our impact on other members of Earth’s global...

Prion diseases are a type of neurodegenerative disease that fall under the broader category of “Protein Misfolding Disorders.” These include Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, and...

The use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food is a contentious issue that has detrimental effects on the capacity to use GMOs in ways...

Coronary artery disease is the most common cardiac disease in the United States. When vessels supplying the heart become completely blocked, the heart tissue dies...

Autoimmune diseases interfere with the quality of life. The etiology of these diseases involves underlying mechanisms that are still uncertain. Although many studies have implicated...

Understandings of death and the afterlife have proved to be a point of controversy and concern for both early followers of Christ and modern Christians...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative bacterium that accounts for a significant number of hospital-acquired infections due to its ability to colonize medical equipment. P. aeruginosa...

The research is designed to address the question of how different types of trauma in childhood (physical, sexual, and emotional) may affect the hippocampus, the...

In humans, the ovaries produce eggs which must cross a gap within the abdominal cavity to reach the fallopian tube for descent down towards the...

Chemical pesticides have been used in large scale operations since the ending of World War II. The effects of these pesticides on the environment and...