Female putty-nosed monkeys deliberately use alarm calls to recruit males to defend the group. This is the conclusion reached by Claudia Stephan, an evolutionary biologist at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg ...
Evolution
Nov 16, 2022
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Researchers from Cleveland Clinic's Florida Research and Innovation Center (FRIC) found that disruption of a cellular structure, known as the actin cytoskeleton, is a "priming signal" for the body to respond to a virus. These ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 15, 2022
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A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across North and South America.
Space Exploration
May 13, 2022
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When exposed to stress, bacteria allow their metabolism to take a break during which they suppress, for example, the incorporation of proteins into membranes. Scientists from Marburg, Freiburg and Munich have discovered this ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 7, 2022
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A smoke alarm sounded Thursday in Russia's segment of the International Space Station (ISS) and astronauts smelled "burning" on board, Russia's space agency and NASA said.
Space Exploration
Sep 9, 2021
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Researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Congo Program and the Nouabalé-Ndoki Foundation found that female putty-nosed monkeys (Cercopithecus nictitans) use males as "hired guns" to defend from predators ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2021
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A University of Melbourne led study has established how plants use their metabolism to tell time and know when to grow—a discovery that could help leverage growing crops in different environments, including different seasons, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2021
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Quick flashes of light in the night sky have been linked to the growing mass of satellites and debris zipping around Earth's orbit.
Astronomy
Nov 5, 2020
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Chickadees will change their feeding behavior if they think predators are nearby, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists.
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2020
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People's exposure to environmental noise dropped nearly in half during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to University of Michigan researchers who analyzed data from the Apple Hearing Study.
Environment
Oct 9, 2020
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