Though Western biomedicine rarely acknowledges it, pain can be a positive experience. In unrelated cultures across the globe, pain has been used to catalyze transcendence, a biologically measurable spiritual phenomenon. ...

Structures of power and governance hold significant sway over the process and outcome of decision-making in local governments. An assessment of the processes involved in environmental decision-making (Dietz and Stern, ...

To gain a better understanding of the Denio rario, zebrafish, gut microbiota composition and function and how it contributes to the health of the zebrafish, three zebrafish guts were cultured. The average density of the ...