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Older-looking presidential candidates preferred during wartime
Voters prefer older-looking presidents in times of war, according to research published May 23 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 23, 2012 |
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Movement patterns of endangered turtle vary from Pacific to Atlantic
The movement patterns of critically endangered leatherback turtles vary greatly depending on whether the animals live in the North Atlantic or the Eastern Pacific, with implications for feeding behavior and ...
May 16, 2012 |
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The Ichthyosaurs survived longer than was thought
(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a new species of ichthyosaurs considerably changes our understanding of the evolution and the extinction of these dinosaur age sea reptiles, according to a study published ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 05, 2012 |
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What do Facebook and Rembrandt have in common? Everything
Facebook and artists like Rembrandt have much in common, says the author of "Friending the Virgin: some thoughts on the pre-history of Facebook" in the open access journal SAGE Open.
Aug 05, 2011 |
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New evidence of the power of open access
New findings settle one of the arguments about Open Access (OA) research publications: Are they more likely to be cited because they were made OA, or were they made OA because they were more likely to be cited?
Oct 18, 2010 |
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Emotional expression in music and speech share similar tonal properties
Music is a very strong emotional communicator, and different cultures have different emotional associations for different musical "modes". Now, a new cross-cultural study shows that tonal trends used to express feelings in ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Flying jewels spell death for baby spiders
Spider flies are a rarely collected group of insects. Adults are considered important pollinators of flowers, while larvae live as internal parasitoids of juvenile spiders. Eight genera are recorded in Aust ...
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Snow leopard diet determined by DNA analysis of fecal samples
Knowledge about animal diet can inform conservation strategy, but this information can be difficult to gather. A new DNA-based method, which analyzes genetic material from feces, could be a useful tool, and researchers have ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Blue whale behavior affected by man-made noise: study
Blue whale vocal behavior is affected by man-made noise, even when that noise does not overlap the frequencies the whales use for communication, according to new research published Feb. 29 in the open access journal PLoS ON ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Reading more into open access
For many years, the traditional method to access researchers’ scholarly works, particularly in the sciences and social sciences, has been through paid subscriptions to journals. But in recent years, a ...
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Nudging government to greater accountability
There is an increasing need for stronger accountability of government and thus greater demands on transparency of the diplomatic and national security apparatus. However, despite the advent of WikiLeaks, which purports to ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Circadian clocks in a blind fish
Do animals that have evolved for millions of years underground, completely isolated from the day-night cycle, still "know" what time it is? Does a normal circadian clock persist during evolution under constant darkness? A ...
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Professor moves Greek texts, Arabic translations online
Long before the Italians rediscovered original Greek sources during the Renaissance, Arab scholars recognized the importance of ancient science and philosophy and began translating precious writings into Arabic. ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Paid access to journal articles not a significant barrier for scientists
They say the best things in life are free, but when it comes to online scientific publishing, a new research report in The FASEB Journal suggests otherwise. In the report, Philip M. Davis from Cornell University shows that f ...
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Evolution of the evolutionarily minded
In the century and a half since Charles Darwin's publication of The Origin of Species, evolutionary theory has become the bedrock of modern biology, yet its application to the understanding of the human mind remains controversial. ...
Jul 19, 2011 |
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