Like father, like child: Male parents lead young birds on first migration
GPS tracking of Caspian terns showed that male parents carry the main responsibility for leading young during their first migration from the Baltic Sea to Africa.
GPS tracking of Caspian terns showed that male parents carry the main responsibility for leading young during their first migration from the Baltic Sea to Africa.
Plants & Animals
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Along-standing theorem in the study of American politics holds that candidates will run to the middle in an attempt to win support from the average voter.
Mathematics
Mar 22, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Tokyo have for the first time been able to create an RNA molecule that replicates, diversifies and develops complexity, following Darwinian evolution. This has provided the first empirical ...
Evolution
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One proposed strategy in the fight against climate change is to increase tree cover in the world's savannas, either through the planting of new trees or fire suppression, to increase the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide. ...
Environment
Mar 16, 2022
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A new study led by Monash University biologists has challenged the traditional thinking around parental sugar intake and offspring fitness with some unexpected results.
Plants & Animals
Mar 14, 2022
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From sunflowers to starfish, symmetry appears everywhere in biology. This isn't just true for body plans—the molecular machines keeping our cells alive are also strikingly symmetric. But why? Does evolution have a built-in ...
Evolution
Mar 14, 2022
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A harsh sun shines down through a cloudless sky, across a vast and unforgiving landscape. It's covered in gray rock, giant ice sculptures and expansive fields of spiky, yellow and orange bushes. In the distance, intimidating ...
Astrobiology
Mar 7, 2022
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You've probably seen the video—or at least heard some chirpings about it.
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2022
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All life evolves: microorganisms can become resistant to drugs, viruses evade our vaccines, and species may adapt to climate change. Even the ability to evolve can evolve. If we were to understand how this happens and which ...
Evolution
Mar 2, 2022
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The molecular evolution of placental protein NRK and its function in regulating placental growth has finally been clarified by researchers from Tokyo Tech. They elucidated that eutherian NRK regulates placental development ...
Evolution
Mar 2, 2022
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