Climate change could pit species against one another as they shift ranges
Species have few good options when it comes to surviving climate change—they can genetically adapt to new conditions, shift their ranges, or both.
Species have few good options when it comes to surviving climate change—they can genetically adapt to new conditions, shift their ranges, or both.
Ecology
Oct 1, 2019
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All over the world, immigration has become a source of social and political conflict. But what are the roots of antipathy toward immigrants, and how might conflict between immigrant and native populations be dampened?
Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2019
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When anthropologists consider the origins of warfare, their evolutionary theories tend to boil it down to the resource-scarcity trifecta of food, territory and mates—three resources that would justify the loss of life and ...
Evolution
Jul 1, 2019
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New research from Northwestern University finds that balanced professional networks are more important than individual talent when it comes to high-risk decision making.
Economics & Business
Jun 17, 2019
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Having a sexually transmitted infection and passing it on to a mate could benefit male animals, research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found.
Plants & Animals
May 14, 2019
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In nature, male attempts to mate with females can be so extreme that they can harm the females. Such negative impacts of mating interactions have been suggested to promote the emergence of new species under some circumstances. ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2019
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It's been said that there are no atheists in foxholes, but a new study led by Joseph Henrich has shown that the impact of war on religion extends well beyond the front lines.
Evolution
Mar 6, 2019
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Anthropologists at the University of Oxford have discovered what they believe to be seven universal moral rules.
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2019
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Fires that contribute to deforestation spiked six-fold in Colombia in the year after an historic 2016 peace agreement ended decades of conflict between FARC guerrilla and government forces, according to a study in Nature ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2018
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A new paper written by academics at Royal Holloway and George Washington University, predicts reliable patterns in violent events occurring within wars and terrorism, regardless of geography, ethnicity and religion.
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2018
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