The purpose of life: why the textbook needs an update
New research from Australia and Finland could help explain one of nature's strangest quirks—why some animals forego mating to help other animals procreate.
New research from Australia and Finland could help explain one of nature's strangest quirks—why some animals forego mating to help other animals procreate.
Evolution
Aug 1, 2019
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Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a new program that automates classification of personality traits of prominent individuals—both friend and foe—according to a paper soon to be published ...
Software
Sep 2, 2014
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Researchers at the Family Dog Project of Eötvös Loránd University have designed a tool to investigate the social dynamics of cohabiting family dogs. Their results are published in Animal Cognition.
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2024
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We often think of species as separate and distinct, but sometimes they can interbreed and create hybrids. When this happens consistently in a specific area, it forms what's known as a hybrid zone. These zones can be highly ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2024
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Many male animals have multiple displays and behaviours to attract females; and often the larger or greater the better.
Plants & Animals
Nov 26, 2014
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Exotic Bee ID, a website created through a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Utah State University ...
Ecology
Jun 26, 2020
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Fresh insights into the genetic code of sheep could aid breeding programmes to improve their health and productivity. Scientists have mapped which genes are turned on and off in the different tissues and organs in a sheep's ...
Biotechnology
Sep 18, 2017
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A house proud mouse, considerately tidying up the workbench of the shed in which it lives, has been captured on video and shared online. The mouse pops out of a box, picks up some screws, nail clippers and a metal chain and ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2019
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Young people would accept a lower salary for a job in a sustainable or socially oriented company. This is what a team led by Thomas Dohmen, professor at the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute at the University of Bonn, has ...
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2022
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Social networks are commonplace in this day and age, and how we fit in may depend on anything from political affiliation, to religion, to even our own personality traits. According to a new study published in the Journal ...
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2013
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