Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered that more sociable fish suppress their own personality when they are with a partner.
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2018
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Five genes that affect sociality-related behaviour in chickens have been identified by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden. Several of the genes have been previously linked to nervous system function or behaviour. ...
Biotechnology
May 3, 2018
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The rise in violent incidents on the streets of London has prompted a wave of discussion about what causes crime among young people. The closure of children's services, cuts to police budgets, social media and drill music ...
Social Sciences
Apr 30, 2018
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10
Researchers at the University of Oxford have proposed an evolutionary framework to understand why microbes living in the gut affect the brain and behaviour, published in Nature Reviews Microbiology. Katerina Johnson (Department ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 25, 2018
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87
When the balance of the sexes is skewed towards one gender, parents are more likely to split up, leaving the father to care for the offspring, says a study from an international team of scientists studying bird populations.
Plants & Animals
Apr 25, 2018
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171
The UK government recently appointed its first minister of loneliness. The move came in response to increasing concern of a loneliness epidemic sweeping Western society.
Other
Feb 7, 2018
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8
Hierarchies are everywhere. It is often argued that they are a social construct, invented to allow certain people (such as white men) to have power over others. But not everyone agrees. While promoting his new book, 12 Rules ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2018
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Some individual animals are prone to social isolation, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2017
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Storytelling promoted co-operation in hunter-gatherers prior to the advent of organised religion, a new UCL study reveals.
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2017
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Whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even have regional dialects - much like human societies.
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2017
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