News tagged with nature or nurture
Nature or nurture? New epigenetic model blurs the line in the debate
A research report published in the July 2009 issue of the journal Genetics complicates the debate over whether nature or nurture plays the most important role in complex diseases such as psychiatric disorders, heart diseas ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Today's environment influences behavior generations later: research
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Washington State University have seen an increased reaction to stress in animals whose ancestors were exposed to an environmental compound generations earlier. The findings, ...
May 21, 2012 |
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Herschel reveals galaxy-packed filament
(Phys.org) -- A McGill-led research team using the Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament connects two clusters of galaxies ...
May 17, 2012 |
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Investments in physics technology and education are key to the future success of medicine
Physics is fundamental to many of the technologies used across medicine today, yet it is often forgotten -- and certainly neglected -- that physics has made important contributions to health ever since the birth of medicine ...
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Apr 17, 2012 |
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Poachers may wipe out rhinos in S. Africa, campaigner warns
Rhinos will be wiped out from South Africa's wildlife parks by 2015 if poaching continues at its current rate, a campaigner fighting to save the beasts has warned.
Mar 18, 2012 |
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Study: Forested riparian zones important to nitrogen control, stream health
Human activities from agriculture to fossil fuel consumption have resulted in high levels of nitrates in many streams and rivers; now a new study suggests that nurturing riparian zone forests may be a key in maintaining healthy ...
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Behavior of parent organisms may influence genes passed on to next generation
Timing is everything, and if there was ever a scientist whose legacy was tarnished by bad timing, it was Jean Baptiste Lamarck. The French naturalist lived from 1744 to 1829 - and published his own evolutionary theory decades ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Small things, big thinking
Finely tuned for touch and smell, the fly foot has sensors that can detect both chemical and mechanical changes in the environment. The outcome of more than three billion years of evolution, these sensors are far smaller ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Stop abusing insecticides in rice
To prevent devastating insect pest outbreaks in rice that cause millions of dollars of damage, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has called for a ban on certain insecticides in rice production as part of its ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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A new theory emerges for where some fish became four-limbed creatures
A small fish crawling on stumpy limbs from a shrinking desert pond is an icon of can-do spirit, emblematic of a leading theory for the evolutionary transition between fish and amphibians. This theorized image ...
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Dec 27, 2011 |
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Reclaiming the land after a forest fire
Wildfires cause tragic losses to life, property, and the environment. But even after the fire rages, the damage is far from done. Without vegetation, bare, burnt soil lies vulnerable to erosion, which can impede efforts towards ...
Dec 22, 2011 |
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