When sea ice melts, polar bears must move onto land for several months without access to food. This fasting period is challenging for all bears, but particularly for polar bear mothers who are nursing cubs.
Plants & Animals
Oct 6, 2023
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The research group of Dr. Claudia Keller Valsecchi (Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz, Germany) and their collaborators have discovered the master regulator responsible for balancing the expression of X chromosome genes ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 6, 2023
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Females may infer what makes a male attractive by observing the choices of more experienced females, and the context of those choices matters, according to a mathematical model published October 3rd in the open access journal ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 3, 2023
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Genetic quality or genetic compatibility? What do female fruit flies prioritize when mating? Researchers at the University of Zurich show that both factors are important at different stages of the reproductive process and ...
Evolution
Oct 2, 2023
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People think sexual harassment and domestic abuse are less harmful for women in poverty than for higher-income women, according to four studies involving 3,052 Americans conducted by my colleagues and me. We also found that ...
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2023
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New scientific research that explores inter-species communication has discovered that women's vocal pitch increases when addressing dogs who have larger eyes.
Other
Aug 31, 2023
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A new paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics finds that children's books in the United States continue to underrepresent ethnic minorities. In addition, it finds that male characters are overrepresented in such stories, ...
Education
Aug 31, 2023
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Women are just as corrupt as men in Mexican municipal politics, according to a new study from Rice University.
Social Sciences
Aug 28, 2023
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From an evolutionary standpoint, the drive to reproduce is fundamentally guided by an instinct to pass genes along to the next generation. But in practice, reproduction is often much more nuanced and varied. In species after ...
Evolution
Aug 23, 2023
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Being wary of gifts from males of the species takes on a new meaning among a South American spider species known to woo females with silk-wrapped food parcels.
Plants & Animals
Aug 17, 2023
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