Plants and trees may seem pretty passive, but behind the scenes, their cells are working hard to put on a magic show. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how the processes of ...

Star-shaped cells called astrocytes are much more than simple support cells in the brain. In a new study on mice, researchers at Karolinska Institutet demonstrate that they also play a key part in the ...

Did you know that many of us are caught in a cycle of shallow breathing? This pattern doesn’t just leave us feeling ...

Rescue breathing is a potentially lifesaving technique. Rescue breathing involves exhaling into the airway and lungs of a person who has stopped breathing. A person performing rescue breathing takes a ...

Asthma is a common, chronic respiratory condition which leads to the inflammation of the airways in the lungs due to several factors that may trigger the lungs, such as genetic history, early ...

Star-shaped cells called astrocytes are much more than simple support cells in the brain. In a new study on mice, researchers demonstrate that they also play a key part in the respiratory center of ...