Squids, octopuses, cuttlefish, amphibians, and chameleon lizards are among the animals that can change the color of their skin in a blink of an eye. They have photoreceptors in their skin that operate independently of their ...
Evolution
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In the early morning of 22 May 2021, a magnitude 7.4 quake rattled China's remote Maduo County on the Tibetan Plateau. It was the most recent in a series of nine earthquakes with a magnitude of 7 or greater since 1997, and ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 11, 2024
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All animals have an internal clock called a circadian clock, which is regulated by cues from their environment—but animals in zoos can be exposed to very different cues from animals in the wild.
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2023
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Early class start times are associated with lower grades and poorer attendance, according to a study tracking attendance and grades of university students.
Logging affects many of the world's tropical forests, and such forests are often considered degraded because they have lost vegetation structure, biomass and carbon stocks. But there has rarely been analysis of whether the ...
Ecology
Dec 14, 2022
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Thanks to a symbiotic fungus, many species of morning glories contain elements of powerful psychedelic drugs, according to a new Tulane University study published in the journal Communications Biology.
Plants & Animals
Dec 22, 2021
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A trio of researchers at Aarhus University and The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg has found that people who listen to streamed music on online services such as Spotify tend to do so during the same specific blocks ...
Bank credit officers are more likely to approve loan applications earlier and later in the day, while 'decision fatigue' around midday is associated with defaulting to the safer option of saying no.
Social Sciences
May 4, 2021
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How body clocks work could lead to science that can turn an early bird into a night owl or vice versa as well as other advances, like helping crops grow all year long.
General Physics
May 4, 2021
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If you've ever been woken up before sunrise by the trilling and chirping of birds outside your window, you may have wondered: why do birds sing so loud, so early in the morning?
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2020
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