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Maritime pine seeds remember temperature conditions

The seeds of maritime pines remember the temperatures they experienced during early development. This memory persists in young trees for at least two years after germination. The above discovery was made by researchers at ...

Bioengineers develop sensors to detect food contaminants at home

Recent recalls of contaminated carrots, ground beef, deli meat and other grocery items have raised new concerns about food safety. Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas are developing sensors aimed at making it ...

Measurements show that crabs can process pain

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg are the first to prove that painful stimuli are sent to the brain of shore crabs, providing more evidence for pain in crustaceans. EEG-style measurements show clear neural reactions ...

How insects react to virtual reality gaming

Humans get a real buzz from the virtual world of gaming and augmented reality, but now scientists have trialed the use of these new-age technologies on small animals, to test the reactions of tiny hoverflies and even crabs.

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How humans evolved to be 'energetically unique'

Humans, it turns out, possess much higher metabolic rates than other mammals, including our close relatives, apes and chimpanzees, finds a Harvard study. Having both high resting and active metabolism, researchers say, enabled ...

How brain evolution is linked to the use of tools

Researchers led by Dr. Alexandros Karakostis from the Institute for Archaeological Science and the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen suggest that changes in the brain ...