News tagged with anatomical drawings

Leonardo's anatomical sketches fascinate modern-day anatomist

Sketched at a time when few dared oppose prevailing medical dogma, the anatomical drawings of Leonardo da Vinci display his rare and courageous curiosity, says a Texas anatomist who co-authored a new art catalog ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Did bone ease acid for early land crawlers?

Here's an anatomical packing list for making that historic trip from water to land circa 370 million years ago: Lungs? Check. Legs? Check. Patches of highly vascular bone in the skin? In a new paper, scientists ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

77,000-year-old evidence for early 'bedding', use of medicinal plants at South African rock shelter

What were the daily lives of modern humans like more than 50,000 years ago?

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Building a smarter ape?

Silly as the movie gets, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" explores big questions about human evolution.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

With new method, researchers are able to infer how tumors evolve and spread

A new method of analyzing cancerous tumors developed by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) suggests that tumors may not evolve gradually, but rather in punctuated or staccato-like bursts. It is a finding ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

IBM computer, Jeopardy! champ tied after first day

An IBM computer displayed a few quirks but played to a draw on the opening day of a man vs. machine showdown with two human champions of the popular US television game show Jeopardy!. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 9

Anthropologist: 'Body Worlds' visitors confront bodies but not death

In two new works, an anthropologist tackles a perplexing question relating to the enormously successful "Body Worlds" exhibits: How does society tolerate – and even celebrate – the public display ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Scientific research reveals brain alterations linking omega 3 deficit with depression

The link between deficits of omega-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids (AGPO-3) and the onset of depressive disorders is not new in the medical field. However, what has not been known until now is the brain mechanism by which ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The gold standard in cancer staging now as Web tool

Springer is launching the AJCC e-Staging Tool, a web-based application which will improve the way cancer is staged. Designed to meet the needs of the entire multidisciplinary team in any facility that deals with cancer, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Did Michelangelo Include a Brain Stem in the Sistine Chapel?

Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown has yet to write a book on the hidden pictures in Michelangelo's artwork, but maybe he can start working on a thriller that takes Robert Langdon on a journey through the Renaissance ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (16) | comments 9 | with audio podcast weblog

Common musk turtle breathes through its tongue

(PhysOrg.com) -- The North American common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) is a pretty ordinary sort of turtle except for one thing newly discovered by Austrian scientists: it can breathe through its tongue, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 21, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report


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