High hopes that Berlin zoo's panda is expecting
Experts say they're pretty sure Berlin zoo's 6-year-old panda Meng Meng is pregnant.
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Aug 14, 2019
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Well-being of students starts to decline from the moment they enter secondary school
Across the world, schools are introducing programmes aimed at enhancing the well-being of students and helping them flourish. Such programmes aim to teach students how to cultivate positive emotions and relationships, find ...
Social Sciences
Jul 9, 2019
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Hopes soar in Scotland: Edinburgh Zoo panda may be pregnant
The only female giant panda in Britain is believed to be pregnant, Edinburgh Zoo said Thursday.
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2017
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Disregarded plant molecule actually a treasure
The best natural chemists out there are not scientists—they're plants. Plants have continued to evolve a rich palette of small natural chemicals and receptors since they began to inhabit land roughly 450 million years ago.
Biotechnology
Aug 11, 2016
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Early exposure to cat urine makes mice less likely to escape from cats
Mice that are exposed to the powerful smell of cat urine early in life do not escape from cats later in life. Researchers at the A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russia, have discovered that mice that smell ...
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Jul 3, 2015
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Contaminants also a threat to polar bears
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus), one of the largest carnivorous mammals on Earth, is vulnerable to a series of dangers. An international team has established a guide to evaluate the condition of its health, and although ...
Ecology
Apr 7, 2015
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Voting in elections is stressful -- emotionally and physiologically
A new study, conducted has found that the level of cortisol -- the "stress hormone" -- in individuals immediately prior to casting a vote was significantly higher than in the same individuals in similar non-voting conditions. ...
Social Sciences
Jul 5, 2011
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Researchers discover how plants control the formation of wood cells
An international research group headed by Professor and Research Director Yrjo Helariutta has discovered the genetic process that controls the development of wood cells in the roots of plants. Wood is the vascular tissue ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 31, 2011
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Scientists discover key to Christmas Island's red crab migration
One of the most spectacular migrations on Earth is that of the Christmas Island red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis). Acknowledged as one of the wonders of the natural world, every year millions of the crabs simultaneously embark ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2010
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Nest incest targets males
Fewer males than females are surviving the negative effects of inbreeding in a reintroduced population of a rare New Zealand bird, reports new research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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Jul 1, 2010
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