(PhysOrg.com) -- Most history books report that Native American populations in North America declined significantly after European colonizers appeared, subsequent to the “discovery” of the new world by Christopher ...

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Dec 06, 2011 4.2 / 5 (5) 13 |

Massey University researcher Dr Jean Margerison has had a research article accepted for publication in the prestigious Journal of Dairy Science.

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New research suggests that Charles Darwin's family was a living human example of a theory that he developed about plants: that inbreeding could negatively affect the health and number of resulting offspring.

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May 03, 2010 4.3 / 5 (11) 1

The nearly three century old method for naming newly discovered nature will face a rebellion this Friday at Yale University.

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Apr 14, 2011 4 / 5 (2) 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a first-of-its-kind study comparing human walking and running motions – and whether the hips, knees or ankles are the most important power sources for these motions – researchers at North Carolina ...

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May 25, 2011 4 / 5 (1) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Centuries ago, scientists began reducing the physics of the universe into a few, key laws described by a handful of parameters. Such simple descriptions have remained elusive for complex biological ...

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Feb 24, 2010 3.7 / 5 (6) 1 |

Biological research increasingly debunks the view of humanity as competitive, aggressive and brutish, a leading specialist in primate behavior told a major science conference Monday.

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from The University of Manchester are among a group of researchers investigating how genetic differences among individuals contribute to the way ecological communities form, interact ...

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So, why are we fat? And getting fatter? Most people would say it's simple: We eat too much and exercise too little. But University of Alabama at Birmingham obesity researcher David B. Allison, Ph.D., says that answer, while ...

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Nov 24, 2010 3.5 / 5 (23) 46 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A blade of grass destined to be converted into biofuel may join energy efficiency and other big-ticket strategies in the effort to reduce atmospheric carbon -- but not in the way that you ...

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Oct 26, 2010 4.2 / 5 (5) 8 |

Biomechanics researchers Timothy Higham of Clemson University and Andrew Clark of the College of Charleston conclude that moving quickly in a forward, firm-footed stance across a slippery surface is less likely to lead to ...

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Mar 24, 2011 1 / 5 (1) 0 |

Researchers are using a new model to learn more about how toe strength can determine how far people can lean while keeping their balance.

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Mar 10, 2011 3 / 5 (1) 0 |

A recent paper published in the Journal of Animal Science suggests producers may want to adjust pig diets when including distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS). Some producers believe that feeding pigs saturated fats w ...

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May 28, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

If mosquitoes were motorcycles, the species known as Psorophora ciliata would be a Harley-Davidson—big, bold, American-made and likely to be abundant in Florida this summer.

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt's record-setting performances have unleashed a wave of interest in the ultimate limits to human running speed. A new study published Jan. 21 in the Journal of ...

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Jan 22, 2010 4 / 5 (11) 9 |