In the animal kingdom, sperm usually are considerably smaller than eggs, which means that males can produce far more of them. Large numbers of tiny sperm can increase the probability of successful fertilization, especially ...
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2016
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Computers are pretty good at stocking shelves and operating cars, but are not so great at writing poetry.
Computer Sciences
May 19, 2016
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Males who evolve in male-dominated populations become far better at securing females than those who grow up in monogamous populations, according to new research into the behaviour of fruit flies at the University of Sheffield.
Plants & Animals
May 5, 2016
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Female mammals, including humans, may try to outcompete one another by producing bigger babies, ground-breaking research conducted by scientists at the University of Exeter has suggested.
Evolution
Feb 1, 2016
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MIT student engineers won a competition to transform SpaceX and Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk's idea into a design for a Hyperloop to move pods of people at high speed.
Engineering
Jan 31, 2016
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Promiscuity could reduce benefits of successful mating, research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2016
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Male fruit flies could find their chances of fathering offspring radically reduced if they are last in the queue to mate with promiscuous females before winter arrives, according to new University of Liverpool research.
Plants & Animals
Nov 24, 2015
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8
This election year has produced 17 Republican presidential candidates, which on its surface may appear to give the party a competitive advantage. Evolution, however, disagrees.
Evolution
Sep 11, 2015
8
288
Human intelligence and knowledge depends on how we collect and use sharable resources, according to scientists from The University of Manchester.
Other
Sep 10, 2015
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84
Male badgers that spend their youth fighting tend to age more quickly than their passive counterparts according to new research from the University of Exeter.
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2015
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