Certain species of bacteria in the gut interact with and help balance levels of dietary cholesterol by using it to create a molecule that plays important roles in human health, according to a study published August 18 in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 18, 2022
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New observations from the Budongo Forest in Uganda help us to understand why chimpanzee mothers carry their dead infants.
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2022
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Baby season this year launched out of this world with the birth of two new critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs on April 13, 2022. Meet Hubble and Kitt, the newest additions at the Duke Lemur Center.
Plants & Animals
May 27, 2022
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New Zealand is on the verge of eradicating a painful disease from its herd of 10 million cattle after a four-year campaign that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars and resulted in more than 175,000 cows being killed.
Agriculture
May 5, 2022
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A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has revealed the death rate of babies in ancient societies is not a reflection of poor healthcare, disease and other factors, but instead is an indication of the number ...
Archaeology
Nov 23, 2021
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Microplastics—tiny plastic pieces less than 5 mm in size—are everywhere, from indoor dust to food to bottled water. So it's not surprising that scientists have detected these particles in the feces of people and pets. ...
Environment
Sep 22, 2021
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Some primate species may express grief over the death of their infant by carrying the corpse with them, sometimes for months, according to a new UCL-led study—with implications for our understanding of how non-human animals ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 15, 2021
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A team of researchers from Leiden University, University College London and the University of Amsterdam, has found that human infants laugh in ways that are more like chimpanzees than adult humans. In their paper published ...
Human babies are not the only babblers, said a study published Thursday, some bats are also very talkative in their infancy and even make sounds that recall the googoo-gagas of our own tots.
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2021
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In South Africa it is against the law to abandon a child—specifically an infant, in such a way that the baby is likely to die. But people are rarely prosecuted for this crime. This is usually because the perpetrator—often ...
Social Sciences
Jul 21, 2021
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