Researchers at the University of Bristol have identified the huge impact of flowering plants on the evolution of life on Earth.
Evolution
Nov 17, 2021
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Zebras developed stripes to avoid predators.
Social Sciences
Jul 8, 2015
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For students to accept the theory of evolution, an intuitive "gut feeling" may be just as important as understanding the facts, according to a new study.
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2012
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ChatGPT has the potential to create increasing and exciting opportunities—but also poses significant challenges—for the academic community, according to an innovative study written in large part using the software.
Education
Mar 23, 2023
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At just a few centimeters long, hatchling loggerhead turtles may seem powerless to resist being swept around the Atlantic Ocean by powerful currents.
Ecology
Dec 2, 2011
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Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and collaborating institutions report in the journal Nature Cell Biology that lysosomes in roundworms produce molecules that allow cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 10, 2022
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College students' views about evolution and creationism are often shaped by what they learned in their high school biology classes, according to a University of Minnesota study published in the May issue of BioScience, the ...
Social Sciences
May 1, 2009
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College biology textbooks cater to the needs of pre-med majors and not those of the majority of students who take introductory science classes, a new study reveals.
Social Sciences
Sep 4, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the UCSD Coordinated Robotics Lab, mechanical engineering professor Tom Bewley and his students, have just released the latest generation of their Switchblade family of agile treaded vehicles.
Robotics
Apr 14, 2010
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Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields are traditionally heavily dominated by males, which is of great concern to universities as they try to improve student retention and achievement. One exception ...
Social Sciences
Sep 2, 2014
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