Why do cats knead?
"Kneading" is when cats massage an object with the front paws, which extend and retract, one paw at a time.
Plants & Animals
Dec 9, 2022
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News tagged with health status
The 'Grandmother Hypothesis': Skin behind the ears and between the toes can host a collection of unhealthy microbes
Grandmother was right: Scrubbing behind the ears and between the toes may help keep the skin in those regions healthy, or so says a new study by a team at the George Washington University.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2023
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When poverty becomes disease
Talmadge King Jr., MD, dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, tells the story of an ER physician who had lost a document and was searching frantically for it in the garbage bins behind Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital ...
Social Sciences
Jan 7, 2016
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Environmental stress rather than genetics influenced height differences in early Neolithic people: Study
The difference in height between female and male individuals in northern Europe during the Early Neolithic (8,000–6,000 years before present, bp) may have been influenced by cultural factors, a paper published in Nature ...
Archaeology
Dec 12, 2023
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Scientists have developed a tiny, portable personal blood testing laboratory that sends data through mobile phone
Humans are veritable chemical factories—we manufacture thousands of substances and transport them, via our blood, throughout our bodies. Some of these substances can be used as indicators of our health status. A team of ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 19, 2013
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Researcher discusses the future of space exploration technology
For almost 20 years, humans have maintained a continuous presence beyond Earth. The International Space Station has provided a habitat where humans can live and work for extended periods of time. Yet, despite having established ...
Space Exploration
Mar 29, 2018
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Ants self-medicate to fight disease
We humans have been using self-medication to cure the illnesses since the dawn of our species. There is some evidence that also other animals can exhibit this type of behavior, but the evidence has been hard to come by.
Evolution
Aug 24, 2015
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Best of the best: Who makes the most accurate decisions in expert groups?
Experts don't always agree with one another when making predictions or diagnoses. So how can we find out which expert in a group makes the best and most accurate decisions? An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the ...
Mathematics
Nov 20, 2019
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Climate change to affect liveability of remote Australia
People living in remote Australia are likely to be more severely affected by climate change than other sectors of the national population.
Environment
Jun 3, 2013
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Differences in social status and politics encourage paranoid thinking
Differences in social status and political belief increase paranoid interpretations of other people's actions, finds a new UCL experimental study.
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2018
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