Rats are happy to help each other out, but only if another rat helps them out first, according to new research from the University of St Andrews and the University of Bern, Switzerland.
Plants & Animals
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The end-Permian mass extinction is considered to be the most devastating biotic event in the history of life on Earth—it caused dramatic losses in global biodiversity, both in water and on land. About 90% of marine and ...
Archaeology
Feb 20, 2020
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Sustainable materials, ecofriendly, and produced under good work conditions—convincing arguments for most of us. But how do consumers weigh compliance or non-compliance with such ethical standards in reality? Not as much ...
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2020
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A new model has projected that current trends in climate change could place over 50% of North Atlantic cold-water coral habitat at risk, while suitable habitats for commercially important deep-sea fish could shift by up to ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2020
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Arthropod passions will soar along Florida's coastal waters in March and April as we reach peak mating season for horseshoe crabs.
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2020
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They know their names. We can read their facial expressions, sort of. And some of them really like having us around. These are among the purported findings of recent scientific studies aimed at deciphering the behavior of ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2020
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A new Michigan State University study shows how a protein, called peroxiredoxin Q, or PRXQ, connects two biochemical pathways that are vital for plant chloroplast health.
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2020
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When it comes to reducing the extent of bushfires, scientists disagree on the best way to do it. Hazard-reduction burning (also known as "prescribed burning" or "controlled burning") is controversial and, depending on the ...
Environment
Feb 20, 2020
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We were heavily involved in the consultation program for Melbourne's long-term land-use plan, Plan Melbourne. The idea that resonated most with many participants was shaping the city as a series of 20-minute neighborhoods.
Political science
Feb 20, 2020
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Researchers in the United States have unveiled the structure of the "spike protein" of 2019-nCoV—the virus behind the current coronavirus disease outbreak.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 20, 2020
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