Sanitary care in ants to fight disease is known to improve the wellbeing of the colony, yet it has been unclear how social disease defense interferes with pathogen competition inside the individual host body. In their recent ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2020
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Ever felt like you've been queuing forever?
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 17, 2019
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Scientists know viruses are contagious and can spread quickly, but how do they interact with each other?
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 19, 2017
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Research from North Carolina State University finds that among eusocial insects – like ants, bees and termites – the more individuals there are in a typical species colony, the weaker the species' immune response. The ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2016
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Two studies from the University of Colorado Denver are shedding new light on the most common type of `friend' to be unfriended on Facebook and their emotional responses to it.
Internet
Apr 22, 2014
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An engineer works in the lab on a promising research project. He follows all the rules, works with the materials available to him and produces quality work. He never lies, cheats or steals. His research eventually results ...
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Confirming a suspicion held by many dedicated scientists throughout the world, that no attribute of the world around us, or indeed inside of us should go unanalyzed, a pair of researchers has tested and proven ...
When a member of the wolf pack leaves the group, the howling by those left behind isn't a reflection of stress but of the quality of their relationships. So say researchers based on a study of nine wolves from two packs living ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2013
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Unfriending someone on Facebook may be as easy as clicking a button, but a new study from the University of Colorado Denver shows the repercussions often reach far beyond cyberspace.
Social Sciences
Feb 4, 2013
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Dogs and wolves are genetically so similar, it's been difficult for biologists to understand why wolves remain fiercely wild, while dogs can gladly become "man's best friend." Now, doctoral research by evolutionary biologist ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2013
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