Scientists have long observed that roadways are attractive foraging grounds for American kestrels and other birds of prey. That's because shorter grass makes mice and other snack-sized rodents more visible, ...

Biology - Ecology

May 13, 2013 not rated yet 0

Figs and fig trees are familiar to a wide cross-section of human society, both as a common food and for their spiritual importance. What is less well understood is the global nature of this association between figs and humans, ...

Biology - Ecology

May 02, 2013 3.2 / 5 (6) 0 |

In the spring following a forest fire, trees that survived the blaze explode in new growth and plants sprout in abundance from the scorched earth. For centuries, it was a mystery how seeds, some long dormant ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 29, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

A new review of insect pollinators of crops and wild plants has concluded they are under threat globally from a cocktail of multiple pressures, and their decline or loss could have profound environmental, human health and ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

Scientists have found a new way of testing for the genes of particular kinds of fish quickly, cheaply and accurately.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 12, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Today's smartphones and computers offer gestural interfaces where information arrives at users' fingertips with a swipe of a hand. Still, researchers have found that most technology falls short in making people ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Mar 27, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

More than three quarters of new, emerging or re-emerging human diseases are caused by pathogens from animals, according to the World Health Organization.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 20, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Ecologists often rely on the twin standards of the variety and numbers of species to describe a given region's diversity. But scaling down the size also scales up the numbers: On and in our bodies is a community ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

Wildlife conservationists are well aware of the potential conflicts that exist between the endangered species they seek to protect and the human populations which inhabit areas where the animals live. Carnivores, ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 21, 2013 not rated yet 0

A new study, published December 27 in the open access journal PLOS Biology, finds that vector-borne and parasitic diseases have substantial effects on economic development across the globe, and are major drivers of differ ...

Biology - Other

Dec 27, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

New genetic analysis has revealed that many Amazon tree species are likely to survive man-made climate warming in the coming century, contrary to previous findings that temperature increases would cause them ...

Biology - Evolution

Dec 13, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

The value of health insurance should be included in official measures of U.S. income and poverty, because it will help us to better evaluate public policies like Obamacare, according to a new study by a Cornell economist ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Nov 20, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 1

Eating certain veggies not only supplies key nutrients, it may also influence hormone levels and behaviors such as aggression and sexual activity, says a new study led by researchers at the University of ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 19, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

Green design does not necessarily mean comfortable design, reports a study by Cornell and Ithaca College ergonomists.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Oct 23, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—New research findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) are consistent with a controversial theory that an extraterrestrial body – such as a comet – i ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Sep 25, 2012 4.9 / 5 (14) 206 |