The basis of voluntary movements: Monkey study challenges classical views on how brain controls natural actions
A study published in Science reveals new mechanisms through which the brain controls natural actions. The results challenge ...
Facultative sex allows some animals to reproduce with or without a partner. So why can’t humans do it?
A variety of species across the animal kingdom can reproduce both sexually and asexually, including some types of starfish, ...
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Pets and Animals
With a winter storm expected to hit Georgia by the end of the week, experts are urging pet owners to take steps now to protect their animals from the harsh conditions. Blitzen always makes the ...
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Plants and fruits are starting to lose their nutritional value
The researchers suspect that long-term declines in plant quality may be a largely unnoticed factor in falling animal ...
Animals could be unlikely winners in Trump 2.0
As readers most likely are aware, 43 primates vanished early last month from a notorious taxpayer-funded research compound ...
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Why aren’t there giant animals anymore?
Cope’s Rule is rooted in the observation that larger animals often possess certain evolutionary advantages, such as improved survival rates, enhanced predatory or defensive capabilities ...
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Biden administration spent millions creating transgender animals to experiment on
The National Institutes of Health, under President Joe Biden, has spent millions of dollars funding experiments where animals are given sex-change procedures and studied for the benefit of the ...
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Yawning isn't just for humans. Here's why fish, birds and other animals yawn too, according to an expert.
Humans aren't alone when it comes to yawning — all vertebrates ... "The fact that it is conserved so widely across the animal kingdom suggests that it likely holds an evolutionary function ...
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Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already be hurting animals that are grazers
These changes in plants aren’t visually ... experiments that artificially increase carbon dioxide levels and studies that monitor long-term changes in plant chemistry alongside animals in ...
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8 Great Strategy Games That Aren't Match-Based
Strategy games are often best suited to multiplayer environments and match-based skirmish modes, be it the often short and snappy games of StarCraft 2 or the lengthy sessions associated with the ...
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Comment: Experiments outside the lab come with new responsibilities
Writing in Science, Professor Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies) argues that the rules and ethical procedures that normally govern laboratories aren’t sufficient to take care of ...