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Hormonal Birth Control Alters Scent Communication in Primates
Hormonal contraceptives
change the ways captive
ring-tailed lemurs relate to
one another both socially
and sexually, according to a
... > full story
Primitive Frogs Do a Belly Flop: Study Shows That Frogs Evolved Jumping Before They Refined Landing
Sometimes divers, to their
own painful dismay, do belly
flops. But did you ever see
a frog belly flop? That's
just what primitive living
... > full story
Pear Pest's Chemical 'Come Hither' Identified
Pear psylla is a cicada-like
pest with a vexing tendency
to develop resistance to
insecticides. But now, a new
weapon could be in the
works. Scientists have
... > full story
Human Sperm Gene Is 600 Million Years Old, Scientists Discover
There is one sex-specific
gene so vital, its function
has remained unaltered
throughout evolution and is
found in almost all animals,
according to new research.
... > full story
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Migrating Birds Can’t Control Themselves
July 30, 2010 — During the spring and fall migratory seasons, sparrows become significantly less capable of resisting temptation. Researchers investigated impulse control and sleep in white-crowned sparrows during ... > full story -
Uncovering Behavior of Long-Dead Insects
July 20, 2010 — What can you learn from the 120-year-old body of a parasitoid wasp? Using material from museum collections, researchers report that they can tell how males wasps court their females, based on dead ... > full story -
Rescuing Fruit Flies from Alzheimer's Disease
July 16, 2010 — Fruit fly males -- in which the activity of an Alzheimer's disease protein is reduced by 50 percent -- show impairments in learning and memory as they age, scientists have found. What's more, the ... > full story -
Conflicted Meat-Eaters May Deny That Meat-Animals Have the Capacity to Suffer, Study Finds
July 15, 2010 — People who wish to escape the ‘meat paradox’ -- i.e., simultaneously disliking hurting animals and enjoying eating meat -- may do so by denying that the animal they ate had the capacity ... > full story -
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Elusive Ant Queen Pheromone Tracked Down
July 14, 2010 — Much like humans, social insects such as ants and bees behave differently when their mother is not around. Workers are thought to perceive the presence of their mother queen using her unique ... > full story -
Great Apes 'Play' Tag to Keep Competitive Advantage
July 14, 2010 — Gorillas hit-and-run in 'games' of tag in the same way humans do and for the same reason -- to keep their competitive advantage, a new study has found. It is the first study to show apes, like ... > full story -
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Don't Let Your Termites Grow Up to Be Mommies: Researchers Find 'Key Ingredient' That Regulates Termite Caste System
July 9, 2010 — An entomologist has for the first time shown which specific chemicals are used by some termite queens to prevent other termites in the colony from becoming mommies like ... > full story -
Fetal X-Ray Exposure Interferes With Memory in Adulthood, Monkey Study Finds
July 7, 2010 — Learning and memory impairments are important contributors to the disability associated with schizophrenia. These functional impairments emerge long before the onset of other symptoms associated with ... > full story -
Can You Make a Snail Forget?
July 6, 2010 — Scientists have identified which environmental stress conditions encourage pond snails to remember and which make them forget. Following training, predator scent super-sensitised the snails whilst ... > full story -
'Balanced' Ecosystems Seen in Organic Agriculture Better at Controlling Pests, Research Finds
July 1, 2010 — There really is a balance of nature, but as accepted as that thought is, it has rarely been studied. Now, researchers have found that more balanced animal and plant communities typical of organic ... > full story
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