Stress may lead to better bird parenting
Birds with high levels of stress hormones have the highest mating success and offer better parental care to their brood, according to new biology research at Queen's University.
Birds with high levels of stress hormones have the highest mating success and offer better parental care to their brood, according to new biology research at Queen's University.
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2011
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Russian neuroscientists report that the stress experienced by mice during their first weeks of life affects not only them, but also their offspring. The data will help to understand how negative experience in early life affects ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 9, 2019
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For college students, stress relief can take many forms online: shopping, ordering food, gaming with friends and meeting new romantic partners. And now they can add hanging out with therapy dogs to that list. Virtual canine ...
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2022
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Consumers often shop to cope with stressful situations but they are much more selective when it comes to shopping as a way to cope with future challenges, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Social Sciences
Jun 19, 2012
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Researchers led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) have found that lifetime depression, trauma of having a loved one murdered, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are the three ...
Social Sciences
May 4, 2022
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Whale researchers in New England believe they've found a new way to measure the amount of stress felt by whales when they experience traumas such as entanglements in fishing gear, and they say the technique could help protect ...
Plants & Animals
May 29, 2019
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Shantá D. Hinton, in the good, old pre-COVID days, delivered what is possibly the world's first scientific lecture on proteins to incorporate a call-and-response format.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 18, 2020
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As 2020 draws to a close, economists reflect on eight months of data tracking Australians' economic and social experiences of the pandemic.
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2020
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In poultry production systems, chicks after hatching may be exposed to different stress factors such as being moved without food and drink to rearing houses or changes in temperature. These stressful early-life experiences ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 8, 2020
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Time is ticking for baby boomers, with many older drivers fearing the day they hand over their license as a day they will lose their independence.
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2014
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