Four new species of freshwater crab, bright purple in colour, have been discovered in the biologically diverse but ecologically-threatened Philippines, the man who found them said Saturday.
Plants & Animals
Apr 22, 2012
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Whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even have regional dialects - much like human societies.
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2017
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Being a late-riser suggests you could have more grey matter in your brain, a study from Brunel University London has shown.
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2020
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New research has revealed that by using big data to analyse massive data sets of modern and historical news, social media and Wikipedia page views, periodic patterns in the collective behaviour of the population can be observed ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 8, 2016
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Poor parenting is not the reason for an increase in problem behaviour amongst teenagers, according to research led by Oxford University.
Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2009
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Researchers from the University of Oxford, the University of Limerick, and the Harvard School of Public Health have developed a mathematical model to examine online social networks, in particular the trade-off between copying ...
Mathematics
Jul 7, 2014
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Large brains have long differentiated humans and primates from other mammals and there is a clear evidence that brain mass increased through time.
Evolution
Jul 9, 2020
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Hierarchies are everywhere. It is often argued that they are a social construct, invented to allow certain people (such as white men) to have power over others. But not everyone agrees. While promoting his new book, 12 Rules ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2018
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Ever felt like you've been queuing forever?
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 17, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The fact that our female ancestors dispersed more than our male ancestors can lead to conflicts within the brain that influence our social behaviour, new research reveals.
Evolution
Sep 2, 2010
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In biology, psychology and sociology social behavior is behavior directed towards society, or taking place between, members of the same species. Behavior such as predation which involves members of different species is not social. While many social behaviors are communication (provoke a response, or change in behavior, without acting directly on the receiver) communication between members of different species is not social behavior.
In sociology, "behavior" itself means an animal-like activity devoid of social meaning or social context, in contrast to "social behavior" which has both. In a sociological hierarchy, social behavior is followed by social action, which is directed at other people and is designed to induce a response. Further along this ascending scale are social interaction and social relation. In conclusion, social behavior is a process of communicating.
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