For female flies, mating requires the right musical backdrop
A new study traces the neural circuit that makes a female fly receptive to a mating advance.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 26, 2020
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The rainforest's most loyal couples: No evidence for extra-pair paternity in coppery titi monkeys
Since methods for genetic paternity analyses were introduced, it has been clear that many pair-living animal species, including humans, do not take partnership fidelity that seriously. In most species, there is some proportion ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2020
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Ecotourism gem reduced to ashes as Brazil wetlands burn
Domingas Ribeiro remembers how powerless she felt as the flames devastating the Pantanal wetlands burned through the ecotourism hotel she had spent the past year developing in central Brazil.
Environment
Sep 24, 2020
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'If you call 000 ... I will send you back to your country': How COVID-19 has trapped temporary visa holders
At the first sign of lockdown due to COVID-19 in Australia and across the globe, there were concerns domestic and family violence would increase in prevalence and intensity. It was also feared that, at the same time, conditions ...
Social Sciences
Sep 24, 2020
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Small towns have highest risk of intimate partner violence
Despite common perceptions that big cities have more violence, women living in small towns are most at risk of violence from current or former spouses and partners, according to a recent study by Washington State University ...
Social Sciences
Aug 06, 2020
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Domestic abusers use tech that connects as a weapon during coronavirus lockdowns
The coronavirus pandemic has driven much of daily life—work, school, socializing—online. Unfortunately, perpetrators of violence against women and girls are also increasingly turning to technology in response to the pandemic.
Social Sciences
Jun 19, 2020
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Wading birds: shorebirds with unusual social structures
,Waders like wet conditions. They look for insects and other creepy-crawlies in the damp earth. Some species, such as the Mexican snowy plover or the ruff have developed fascinating behavioural patterns. Clemens Küpper and ...
Plants & Animals
May 28, 2020
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Using artificial intelligence to save coral reefs
Today, on Earth Day 2020, Accenture, Intel and the Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation announced Project: CORaiL, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution to monitor, characterize and analyze coral reef resiliency. ...
Environment
Apr 22, 2020
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Domestic violence and gun sales in the time of COVID-19
The stay-at-home orders across the United States and in many places worldwide are intended to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. But as the days stretch into weeks and the weeks into months, a different hazard has ...
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2020
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COVID-19 lockdown: Home is 'the most dangerous place' for women and children
As the UK engages in another week of "lockdown," and as a way of understanding and mitigating some of the effects of COVID-19, commentators are increasingly focused on what the unintended consequences of this change in social ...
Social Sciences
Apr 07, 2020
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