When crime scene investigators go after criminals, it’s usually a time-consuming, multi-step process that involves finding out who the criminal is, what they look like and where they are. How much faster would the process be if it was possible to determine someone’s appearance with just their DNA?
While sleep deprivation is a common problem for college students, scientists are beginning to believe that sleep, particularly dream sleep, can have more benefits than previously believed.
The 1972 Clean Water Act outlawed point source pollution into water, unless a permit was obtained. Point source pollution refers to the discharge of pollutants through pipes, channels or ditches.
When temperatures begin to drop and leaves change from their summer green to shades of orange, red and yellow, it is not only a sign that fall has arrived, but also a sign of another season as well — flu shot season.
Underneath the tranquil and beauty that is the Yellowstone National Park is the Yellowstone Caldera, a supervolcano classified as able to produce upwards of 1,000 cubic kilometers of volcanic deposits such as rock and ash.
In the past few years, the scientific community has been characterized by surges of novel genetic discoveries, and this trend seems to be persisting globally.
iPhone X pre-orders released and demand is soaring
Mothers shift the tone of their voice when talking to babies.
In a new study, published in Current Biology, geneticists at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz) have delved into the ancestry of the people of Easter Island. They used genomics to prove that the Polynesians on the island had no contact with the indigenous peoples of South America prior to 1722.
Over the past 200 years, since the start of the Industrial Revolution, pollution has increased sharply.
On Saturday, Oct. 28, Ataxia Ambassadors at Hopkins hosted their annual Arts for Ataxia event. Ataxia describes symptoms of poor coordination and difficulty with fine motor skills.
Between 2014 and 2016, an epidemic of Ebola swept across West Africa, infecting over 28,600 people and leaving over 10,000 dead. In Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where the epidemic was primarily located, the disease left behind around 17,000 survivors. Many of them are now dealing with an unexpected complication: cataracts.
Last Thursday evening in Mason Hall, students and faculty attended the second Conversations in Medicine seminar of this semester.
Over the past few decades, educational and developmental psychologists have attempted to understand the link between the concept of one’s self and academic achievement.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to control how long you live?
Animals are commonly believed to possess innate social behaviors. A one-day-old baby chick will instinctively search for its mother and follow closely by her side.
Among the many interesting health fads to surface or resurface in the 21st century, women eating their own placentas has been regarded as one of the most bizarre.
Hopkins, one of the oldest research universities in the U.S., offers students a range of different research opportunities.
