New research into birth order effects has found that the last-born children of non-entrepreneurial parents are more likely to go into business than first-borns.
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2016
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When predicting future global population growth, sometimes scientists look to the past. Using a database with historical records that began in 871 A.D., an anthropologist at the University of Missouri was able to show reproductive ...
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2016
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Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering conducted a survey on falls among the elderly, and discovered that Americans are very worried about their elderly parent falling—and that this worry leads to action.
Engineering
May 25, 2016
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A genome-wide association analysis of over 1,000 twins in the UK supports that some parts of our microbiomes are inherited and shaped—not through a spread of microbes from parent to child, but through our genes. The results, ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 11, 2016
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Many birds learn their songs from their parents, but what if they could get a head start? A new paper, published in The Auk: Ornithological Advances, expands Flinders University research into how Australian fairy-wrens start ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2016
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For the first time astronomers were able to analyse the atmosphere of an exoplanet in the class known as super-Earths. Using data gathered with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and new analysis techniques, the exoplanet ...
Astronomy
Feb 16, 2016
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Some 40 years ago, Washington State University anthropologist Barry Hewlett noticed that when the Aka pygmies stopped to rest between hunts, parents would give their infants small axes, digging sticks and knives.
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2016
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An NDSU faculty member is among a group of international researchers studying why older parents produce offspring who tend to have shorter lives.
Plants & Animals
Jan 5, 2016
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45
Deakin University scientists have completed a world-first study into how birds negotiate parental workloads, finding the answer is as simple as talking to each other.
Plants & Animals
Nov 30, 2015
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32
The luxury electric car market may be small, but it's lucrative enough to get another jolt—this time from a mysterious startup that says it wants to re-imagine how people interact with their autos.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 8, 2015
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