Topic: Proceedings Of The Royal Society B
In this roundup, Elsa Youngsteadt summarizes notable recent items about scientific research, selected from news reports compiled in Sigma Xi's free...
The mating habits of marine turtle may help to protect them against the effects of climate change, according to new research led by the University...
From the adorably mustachioed emperor tamarin (#11, above) to the demonically bald uakari (#1), the faces of South America's primates come in all ...
THE new holder of the world record for smallest vertebrate is the Sumatran fish Paedocypris progenetica, a member of the carp family. And it also...
Scientists on Wednesday said they had solved a puzzle over why some wild chilli plants yield red-hot fruit but others have fruit which is mild.The answer lies in exposure to water, they reported in the British journal Proceedings of the Royal ...
A recent study showed that certain brain areas expand in people who have greater numbers of friends on Facebook. This was welcome news for online...
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a direct link between the number of "friends" a person has on Facebook and the size of certain brain regions, raising the possibility that using online social networks might change our brains.The four brain areas involved ...
Don't fill in this field Mind Matters Home Tags Subscribe (RSS) Tweet . Take two strapping young men. Give one of them a job as a lifeguard from...
IdeaFeed Home Tags Subscribe (RSS) Prior studies determined that elephants, dolphins, some carnivores and certain non-human primates, such as...
As you saw into your lunch of chicken parmesan later today, consider this: scientists have discovered that chickens are able to feel empathy — at...
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