An international team of researchers including The University of Western Australia and China's Central South University of Forestry and Technology has discovered that female golden snub-nosed monkeys in China are happy to ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2019
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For decades, scientists have assumed that the hundreds of species of salamanders that lack lungs actually "breathe" through their skin and the lining of the mouth, and Harvard researchers are providing the first concrete ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 1, 2019
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Drawn to a behavior she didn't understand, a UO researcher watching bonobos in a zoo has revealed how young female bonobos prepare for motherhood.
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2018
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Studies have shown that when men marry and have children, they often see a decline in their androgen levels—or their levels of male sex hormones. Scientists think this could be due to the fact that androgens, such as testosterone, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2018
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From North Dakota to Ohio to Pennsylvania, hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has transformed small towns into energy powerhouses. While some see the new energy boom as benefiting the local economy and decreasing ...
Environment
Dec 13, 2017
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A baby's babbles start to sound like speech more quickly if they get frequent vocal feedback from adults. Princeton University researchers have found the same type of feedback speeds the vocal development of infant marmoset ...
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2017
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Two studies by researchers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto and their collaborators from the US, UK, France and China, show that six- to nine-month-old infants demonstrate ...
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2017
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Breast milk provides vital nutrients not only to infants, but also to beneficial microbes that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract. A study published April 6 in Cell Chemical Biology shows that a bacterial species called Bifidobacterium ...
Biochemistry
Apr 6, 2017
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A babysitter can make a big difference in a parent's life. For wild chimps in Uganda, it may even mean that mothers can wean their infants faster, which can allow them to reproduce again more quickly.
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2016
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Around the world people have been living longer, with life expectancy pushing past 70 in many countries. However, people aren't simply living longer on average: Inequality among individuals in the length of life has shrunk ...
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2016
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