News tagged with behavioral patterns

Bonobos' unusual success story

Mate competition by males over females is common in many animal species. During mating season male testosterone levels rise, resulting in an increase in aggressive behavior and masculine features. Male bonobos, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research helps predict bat presence at wind energy facilities

An interactive tool developed by researchers from the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) will help wind energy facility operators make informed decisions on efficient ways to reduce impacts on ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Members of small monkey groups more likely to fight

Small monkey groups may win territorial disputes against larger groups because some members of the larger, invading groups avoid aggressive encounters. In a new report published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Is climate change altering humans' vacation plans?

Plants' and animals' seasonal cycles, such as flowering dates and migration patterns, have shifted in recent decades due to climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Culture in humans and apes has the same evolutionary roots: study

Culture is not a trait that is unique to humans. By studying orangutan populations, a team of researchers headed by anthropologist Michael Krützen from the University of Zurich has demonstrated that great apes also have ...

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

IBM survey reveals new type of energy concern: Lack of consumer understanding

IBM today unveiled findings from its "2011 IBM Global Utility Consumer Survey," which revealed that many consumers around the globe do not understand the basic unit of electricity pricing and other energy concepts used by ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Demonstrating the importance of dynamical systems theory

Two new papers in the Journal of General Physiology demonstrate the successes of using bifurcation theory and dynamical systems approaches to solve biological puzzles.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Startling thermal energy behavior revealed by neutron scattering

(PhysOrg.com) -- A discovery by researchers working at the Spallation Neutron Source upends long held assumptions about the microscopic behavior of materials in an equilibrium condition. The findings could ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

The influence of neighbors: Where we live and who we know can affect voting patterns

Ryan Enos is out to prove that how people naturally organize themselves in the space they live in can have huge political significance.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

What makes flies attack?

Pity the poor female fruit fly. Being a looker is simply not enough, it seems. If you're to get a date, much less a proposal, you must also smell and act like a girl. Otherwise, you might just have a fight ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Finding genes that control mind and behavior

The highly sophisticated abilities of humans, such as memory, learning, cognition and thought, are achieved in the brain as a result of dramatic evolutionary development. Personality, preference, behavioral ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New malware could steal users social media behavior and info: researchers

A new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers predicts that a new generation of malware (software written for malicious purposes like identity theft) could steal data on human behavior patterns, which ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Behavior problems in school linked to 2 types of families

Contrary to Leo Tolstoy's famous observation that "happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," a new psychology study confirms that unhappy families, in fact, are unhappy in two distinct ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Multiple Symptoms Can Point to Bipolar Disorder

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to bipolar disorder, a successful diagnosis can be challenging.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Human behavior is 93 percent predictable, research shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- Human behavior is 93 percent predictable, a group of leading Northeastern University network scientists recently found. Distinguished Professor of Physics Albert-László Barabási ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (19) | comments 18 | with audio podcast