'Fish DJ' tackles fish hearing
A 'Fish DJ' at The University of Queensland has used her knowledge of cool beats to understand brain networks and hearing in baby fish.
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2021
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Smiling in the masked world of COVID-19
With faces covered to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, some of the facial cues that people rely on to connect with others—such as a smile that shows support—are also obscured.
Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2020
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Fruit fly study suggests neither nature nor nurture is responsible for individuality
A team of researchers from France, Germany and Belgium has found evidence that neither nature nor nurture leads to personality differences—it is the result of nonheritable noise during brain development. In their paper ...
Smoker-survivor genes may have long ancestral history of fighting toxins
Longevity genes that helped humans survive ancient airborne toxins may be the same genes that make humans resilient to pollution from fossil fuels and cigarette smoke today, according to a study published in the December ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 25, 2019
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Research team discovers epigenetic pathway that controls social behavior in carpenter ants
Through early adulthood, exposure to new experiences—like learning to drive a car or memorizing information for an exam—triggers change in the human brain, re-wiring neural pathways to imprint memories and modify behavior. ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 12, 2019
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How we inherit masculine and feminine behaviours: a new idea about environment and genes
The now infamous Google memo, written by engineer James Damore, has inflamed longstanding debates about the differences between women and men.
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2017
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Would gender differences exist if we treated all people the same from birth?
All societies divide people into male or female. There is a biological truth behind this: different sex chromosomes (XY,XX). But could many gender differences be down to social conditioning? If we treated girls and boys the ...
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2016
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In cordon bleus, song develops independently of sex differences in the brain
In female songbirds, brain areas responsible for song learning are usually smaller and have fewer neurons compared to males. However, in many species such as the blue-capped cordon bleu, females possess an elaborate song. ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 4, 2015
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Who cares? Why evolution suggests parenting responsibility is seldom equally shared
Why is caring for young shared unequally between the sexes in so many animal species? Research from the University of Bristol, UK suggests that small initial differences which predispose one sex to care more are exaggerated ...
Evolution
Feb 17, 2015
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Single-gender schools may lead to stereotyping, study suggests
Public, single-gender schools have become more common over the last decade, but new research shows that people might choose such schools based on de-bunked ideas of differences in male and female brains.
Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2014
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