In the first large-scale and comprehensive study on the impacts of transporting honey bees to pollinate various crops, research from North Carolina State University shows that travel can adversely affect bee health and lifespan. ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2016
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Teacher burnout and student stress may be linked, according to a University of British Columbia study.
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2016
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A pair of studies led by Indiana University researchers provide new evidence that when it comes to evolution, the testes may play a key role.
Evolution
Jun 15, 2016
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Tourists who feed wild monkeys in Morocco are risking the health of an endangered species by making them larger, more susceptible to disease, and more stressed, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2016
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Scientists have discovered that the presence of large fish predators can reduce stress on baby fish.
Ecology
Apr 27, 2016
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Many people feel anxious in crowds. But not so for prairie voles.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2016
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Red squirrels living in a low-stress environment harbour healthier communities of micro-organisms, a result that might hold implications for human health, according to a new University of Guelph-led study.
Plants & Animals
Jan 5, 2016
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Using mobile phones for research is not new. However, interpreting the data collected from volunteers' own smart phones—which has the potential to emulate randomised trials—can advance research into human behaviour. In ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 22, 2015
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Researchers studying banded mongooses in Uganda have discovered that pups born to females that experienced elevated stress hormones during the later stages of pregnancy are much less likely to survive their first month.
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2015
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In an article recently published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Cambridge researchers have reported on a new method to measure biomechanical noise in cells under normal growth conditions and when subjected ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 16, 2015
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