Family break-ups lead to domestic violence in fruit fly relationships
Male fruit flies with strong family ties are less likely to become abusive during mating than others, according to new Oxford research.
Male fruit flies with strong family ties are less likely to become abusive during mating than others, according to new Oxford research.
Plants & Animals
Aug 9, 2017
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Your partner comes in and slams a door. What was that about? Something you did? What if you knew to anticipate it because you were notified in advance from an automated text message that he/she didn't have a great day at ...
Engineering
Apr 17, 2017
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When anonymity between people is lifted, they more likely cooperate with each other. Playing nice can thereby become a winning strategy, an international team of scientists shows in a study to be published in Science Advances. ...
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2017
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Social primates with bigger brains are likely to use their added cerebral power to cope with conflict, a study from The University of Manchester has revealed.
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2017
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Even nations can have friends of friends, a new study has found.
Social Sciences
Mar 1, 2017
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Financial conflicts of interest were found in 40 percent of published research articles on the genetically modified crops, also known as GMO crops, French researchers said this week.
Biotechnology
Dec 16, 2016
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Despite what you might think, evolution rarely happens because something is good for a species. Instead, natural selection favours genetic variants that are good for the individuals that possess them. This leads to a much ...
Evolution
Nov 23, 2016
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Can climate change explain the conflict in Syria? Prince Charles once famously listed drought as a root cause of the war. Similar arguments have been made by other campaigners like UN climate envoy Mary Robinson, celebrities ...
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2016
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Why are plants often sterile when their parents are from different species? How do species remain separate entities in nature?
Biotechnology
Oct 11, 2016
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Sexual conflict between males and females can lead to changes in the shape of their genitals, according to research on burying beetles by scientists at the University of Exeter.
Evolution
May 20, 2016
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