If you had the power to literally build any biological system from the ground up, what would you create? This is the question that the most brilliant and talented minds across the world are wrestling with.

We are in the early stages of a revolution, the likes of which has never been seen before. As we speak, biologists all around the world are scrambling to be the first to discover the next step in what

If you are only slightly aware of the advances made in medicine in recent years, you are undoubtedly aware that the medical and scientific landscape is changing. Image Credit Hardly a day goes by that

Chances are good that you either know someone with diabetes mellitus, commonly called diabetes, or have it yourself. As of 2015, 30 million Americans, or roughly 10% of the population, are living with

Dry. Itchy. Flaky. Embarrassing. Image Credit For the 50 million people in the US who suffer from dandruff, these words are all too familiar. In fact, dermatologists say that dandruff is the single most

Want to know a fun fact? You've been lied to your entire life. That's right. Everything you know is built upon a facade. What is it this time? Aliens? Talking dolphins? Did Stella really not get her groove

Think back to the last time you "rolled" your ankle. Do you remember what it felt like? Can you picture in your minds eye the swelling and redness that came with it? Image Credit As you sat on

It's a cold winters day, and you're standing on the street corner waiting for the light to change. As you wait patiently, an old delivery truck spews thick and dark exhaust right into your face. You turn

Okay, it's January 2nd and you have finally recovered from the previous night's binge drinking and embarrassing attempt at Irish folk dancing. You've decided that your New Years Resolution will be to lose

We've all heard that if someone is skinny despite eating enormous amounts of food, they have a high metabolism. On the same token, we've all heard that if someone is overweight despite eating small amounts

We all know the symptoms. Pain shooting down the left arm. The jaw feeling as if it’s going to be ripped from the cranium. The lungs desperately struggling for air. A tightness, spreading from the upper

Pop quiz! How many atoms are in the universe? 100 trillion? 100 quadrillion? 100 quintillion? Not even close. The best estimates are somewhere on the order of 10^80. That's an insane number, and it might

How much do you really know about your body? After all, it's the one thing you carry with you your entire life, yet most people know more about computers and auto mechanics than they do their own bodily

Why is it that a deer can give birth, and within literal minutes, the offspring will be standing alongside its mother like it's another day at the office, but you give birth and the offspring is nothing

Spoiler alert!! It simply means change over time! But with such a simple explanation, why is it that so many people are confused about what it truly means? I see the word 'evolution' being thrown around

Okay, maybe not YOU specifically, but human beings definitely have a pretty big behind. It's kind of strange, seeing as when we compare human beings to other apes, we're tiny in almost every other regard.

How's it going Steemit? My name is Justin, I'm 29 years old and I live just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. I'm one of the perpetually curious individuals who can never seem to satisfy the urge to learn