People always seem to get the flu more often during the colder months. Scientists set out to investigate why the flu virus is more common when it's cold outside.
Chanapa Tantibanchachai
a super tiny germ that you can only see with a microscope. Viruses need a host in order to reproduce... more
Chanapa Tantibanchachai
City life can be stressfull for people, but what about for other animals? Learn what scientists found out about the effects of city life on the stress and health levels of birds.
Pierce Hutton
Rosalind Franklin and the DNA Scavenger Hunt
In the early 1950s biologists were searching for the answers to some of the most important science questions left unanswered. How is information stored inside living cells? Could there be only one way these instructions were packaged? If there is, what does it look like? How did it work? All of these questions were an important part of biology and many scientists were racing to find the answers.
A transplant is what happens when doctors take a body part from one person and give it to another person, kind of like Frankenstein except not so scary-looking. Scientists are hard at work on some of the most difficult parts to transplant like hands and faces.
Lindsey O'Connell
Rabies
Many people think that all bats have rabies. This is simply not true. While bats can contract the rabies virus, very few do. In fact, less than 1/2 of 1% of bats have rabies.
What Exactly is Rabies?
Rabies is a disease that affects the nervous system and the brain. Rabies is a type of virus. The most common way to get the rabies virus is if a rabid animal bites you. Any mammal can contract rabies including dogs, cats, raccoons, foxes, skunks, coyotes, bats, and even humans.