A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and California Polytechnic State University, has found that the broken wing tactic used by some birds to lure predators away from their nest is more widespread ...
The DNA of extinct species is providing a window into their biology, evolution, and natural history. However, after an animal's death, its DNA invariably breaks into tiny pieces, making it difficult to computationally reconstruct.
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Extreme storm surges in Europe have increased since 1960, suggests a paper published in Nature. These findings are comparable to the rate of sea level rise over the same period. The study contradicts current hypotheses suggesting ...
Environment
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Black holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape. New research is examining the radiation and winds emanating from black hole activity and shows how they may exert effects on nearby planets.
Astronomy
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Journalists who refer to themselves as "storytellers" diminish the profession in the public eye, says a new study by UC journalism researchers.
Social Sciences
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Researchers from Renmin University of China and Hong Kong Polytechnic University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that shows that framing charitable giving as gifts rather than donations significantly ...
Social Sciences
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Reports of tree canopy coverage dwindling in Australia's suburbs raise pressure on local government and other authorities' efforts to improve the health of urban street trees.
Environment
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For 25 years, UC Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley has been intrigued by humans' love of alcohol. In 2014, he wrote a book proposing that our attraction to booze arose millions of years ago, when our ape and monkey ancestors ...
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Although they are currently the greatest predators on land, it's likely that modern-day cats wouldn't have been a match for the newly discovered Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae. At around 42 million years old, it's thought ...
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Using the Hyper-CEST NMR technique, the team led by Leif Schröder from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) has managed to reveal two previously ...
Analytical Chemistry
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