Insect youths give in to parasitic mum
Adult children concede to exploitative mums leading to the evolution of insect societies, new research led by the University of St Andrews has found.
Adult children concede to exploitative mums leading to the evolution of insect societies, new research led by the University of St Andrews has found.
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2021
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New research in fruit flies suggests that males may be at greater risk than females of diseases caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA.
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2020
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The engine is from a roadcutter, the wings are burlap, the wheels are borrowed from a rickshaw: a popcorn seller has caught the attention of the Pakistan Air Force by building his own plane.
Other
May 6, 2019
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A new study has revealed that growing up with lots of siblings – and fighting over food – makes zebra finches more sociable in later life. In contrast, finches with fewer siblings become pickier about who they hang out ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2019
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An international team led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researcher Vardan Adibekyan used a novel method to detect solar siblings. The article was published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Astronomy
Nov 19, 2018
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Up to now, researchers have believed that birds stay at home and altruistically help raise younger siblings because this is the only way to pass on genes when you cannot breed yourself. But this idea is only partially true. ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 10, 2018
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First-born children tend to choose more prestigious university programmes such as medicine or engineering than their later-born siblings. These are the findings of a new study published in the science journal Social Forces ...
Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2017
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In Stefani Engelstein's new book, "Sibling Action: The Genealogical Structure of Modernity," the author argues that a genealogical way of thinking about global relations emerged in the nineteenth century. This way of thinking ...
Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2017
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Massachusetts' highest court says federal law does not prohibit Yahoo from providing a deceased man's family members access to his email account.
Business
Oct 16, 2017
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The most-studied galaxy in the universe—the Milky Way—might not be as "typical" as previously thought, according to a new study.
Astronomy
Sep 20, 2017
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