Why does love feel magical? It's an evolutionary advantage
In this age of science, many people see supernatural forces as illusions rooted in wishful thinking. But love remains a profound exception to humanity's trend toward rationality.
In this age of science, many people see supernatural forces as illusions rooted in wishful thinking. But love remains a profound exception to humanity's trend toward rationality.
Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2022
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Sleep deprived Australian magpies are tired and unmotivated, just like humans, according to new research from La Trobe University in Melbourne which has found that, after a poor night's sleep, the common black and white songbird ...
Plants & Animals
May 3, 2022
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Researchers have revealed that non-mammalian vertebrates might have a much more simple and effective way of deciphering between color and greyscale information than humans.
Plants & Animals
Oct 13, 2021
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Climate change may erode frogs' ability to withstand road salt pollution, according to researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2021
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Many small animals grow their teeth, claws and other "tools" out of materials that are filled with zinc, bromine and manganese, reaching up to 20% of the material's weight. My colleagues and I call these "heavy element biomaterials," ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 1, 2021
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New findings from zoologists working with birds in Southeast Asia are shining fresh light on the connections between animal behavior, geology, and evolution—underlining that species can diversify surprisingly quickly under ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2021
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A team of researchers at Universidade de São Paulo has found that bird species that have a central position in frugivory networks tend to belong to more stable lineages over macroevolutionary time scales. In their paper ...
As COVID-19 impacts lives around the world—a new skeleton study is reconstructing ancient pandemics to assess human's evolutionary ability to fight off leprosy, tuberculosis and treponematoses with help from declining rates ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 25, 2021
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The snapping claws of male amphipods—tiny, shrimplike crustaceans—are among the fastest and most energetic of any life on Earth. Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on February 8 find that the crustaceans ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 8, 2021
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All human groups create systems for regulating cultural norms to maintain cooperation in society. Most large-scale populations employ a punitive judicial system where a third party doles out punishment. Yet, there's little ...
Social Sciences
Dec 10, 2020
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