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Social Sciences Feb 1, 2024

How the social structures of Nazi Germany created a bystander society

In the initial post-war judicial proceedings to establish what had happened under Nazism, and to punish the perpetrators of crimes, victims' accounts were often discredited. Only in 1961, with the high-profile trial of Nazi ...

Ecology Jan 25, 2024

Environmental risks of new pesticides with nanoparticles insufficiently examined, say researchers

The environmental risks of new pesticides containing nanoparticles are inadequately researched, according to four Leiden University scientists, who have published an article in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. ...

Plants & Animals Jan 4, 2024

Spiders really may be more scared of you than you are of them

Spiders have evolved creative strategies to allow them to thrive in habitats across the globe. The one thing that seems to elude them though, is the ability to charm the humans that they encounter.

Plants & Animals Dec 20, 2023

Grouse shooting in Scotland has an alarming death toll—and not just for game birds

The Scottish moors are considered areas of outstanding beauty, and often assumed to be "wild" and "untamed." However, these landscapes are the result of management techniques that are now under scrutiny by the Scottish government.

Plants & Animals Dec 7, 2023

Acoustic monitoring shows surprising resilience of subtropical forests to extreme weather, but climate change looms

If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have answered this question by remotely recording ...

Plants & Animals Dec 6, 2023

Bird behavior study finds jays jump in while crows hold out for the treat

New research has found that two similar species of birds—both capable of displaying self-control through delayed gratification—behave very differently around their favorite food when they have company.

Plants & Animals Nov 27, 2023

Protected Texas songbirds show up in pet stores abroad, due to elusive trafficking industry

In 1970, there were approximately 10 billion birds in North America. Now, there are around 7 billion, representing a loss of over a quarter of the continent's birds.

Astronomy Nov 20, 2023

Webb reveals new features in heart of Milky Way

The latest image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seen features astronomers have yet to explain. The star-forming region, ...

Plants & Animals Nov 13, 2023

Australia has more native bird species than almost anywhere else. What led to this explosion of diversity?

When you went out today, did you see any birds? A galah perhaps, or a crow?

Plants & Animals Oct 26, 2023

Roosters may have passed the self-recognition test

A team of neuroscientists and psychologists from the Institute of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Bonn, and the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Bochum, both in Germany, has found possible ...

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