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Behavior Sciences
Behavior Sciences: explore the cognitive processes within organisms and the behavioural interactions between organisms in the natural world. It involves the systematic analysis and investigation of human and animal behavior through the study of the past, controlled and naturalistic observation of the present, and disciplined scientific experimentation and modeling. It attempts to accomplish legitimate, objective conclusions through rigorous formulations and observation.
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MAY 05, 2017Earth & The Environment
Wild spaces are important for many reasons. For us humans, they give us peace and energy, provide places for recreation ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 03, 2017Plants & Animals
We’ve known for a while that pesticides can have a negative impact on living bumblebees, but new research into how ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 02, 2017Plants & Animals
How do you respond to unwanted contact from the other sex? Do you: A) give them the cold shoulder, B) politely say you a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 01, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Ants and bees—which seem so different—are actually cousins, according to new research. The new findings show ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 26, 2017Plants & Animals
Humpback whales aren’t known for being the quietest animals in the ocean blue, but new research reveals that young ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 24, 2017Health & Medicine
A common DNA test used to find genes linked with disease may miss key genetic risk indicators, new research suggests. Wh ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 24, 2017Plants & Animals
Mind control is a form of technology that’s still distant in the future and really only exists in science-fiction ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Is being smarter an advantage? Apparently, it depends on what type of creature you are and what you do to make the world ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 21, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have collected enough evidence to know that the community of microbes that resides in out gastrointestinal t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2017Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard about the tale of the man-eating lions of Tsavo, two lions essentially terrorized a gro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 19, 2017Plants & Animals
In the wild, birds don’t have a nice and peaceful oasis like one might think. Their habitats are riddled with nois ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 15, 2017Videos
Why is it that some animals seem to shrink and some seem to get bigger? Some studies have shown that this phenomenon occ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 14, 2017Genetics & Genomics
The American public’s belief that homosexuality is a consequence of genetics has grown—as has acce ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 14, 2017Plants & Animals
When you and I have no idea where we’re going, we just hop in the car, fire up the GPS system, and tell it where w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 10, 2017Plants & Animals
Badgers are known for caching any food they come across in order to help keep it safe from other hungry wild animals in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 08, 2017Microbiology
When bacteria live in communities, they begin to exhibit interesting behavioral patternsWritten By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2017Plants & Animals
It turns out that mandrills, a type of Old World monkey, behave similarly to humans in that they try to avoid sick frien ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 07, 2017Plants & Animals
Cephalopods, the branch of animals dealing primarily with octopuses and squids, are much more unique than previously tho ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 06, 2017Plants & Animals
While investigating a shipwreck off of the coast of the Florida Keys, which is now considered an artificial reef, scient ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 06, 2017Neuroscience
Does size matter? For the brain, it does. Animals that are far bigger than humans, such as gorillas, who can grow to be ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 05, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Comprehensive knowledge of the functions of a human cell is the key to understanding health and disease. The Allen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2017Plants & Animals
One of the types of food that dolphins are quite keen of are octopuses. For dolphins, they’re both tasty and bite- ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 04, 2017Plants & Animals
Close your eyes and imagine a world where fish just walk themselves right out of the water and start living on land beca ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 03, 2017Cancer
In the quest to reduce exposure to BPA, a chemical that’s linked to cancer, manufacturers are turning to BPA subst ...
MAY 05, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Wild spaces are important for many reasons. For us humans, they give us peace and energy, provide places for recreation
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
We’ve known for a while that pesticides can have a negative impact on living bumblebees, but new research into how
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 02, 2017
Plants & Animals
How do you respond to unwanted contact from the other sex? Do you: A) give them the cold shoulder, B) politely say you a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Ants and bees—which seem so different—are actually cousins, according to new research. The new findings show
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
Humpback whales aren’t known for being the quietest animals in the ocean blue, but new research reveals that young
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
A common DNA test used to find genes linked with disease may miss key genetic risk indicators, new research suggests. Wh
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
Mind control is a form of technology that’s still distant in the future and really only exists in science-fiction
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Is being smarter an advantage? Apparently, it depends on what type of creature you are and what you do to make the world
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 21, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have collected enough evidence to know that the community of microbes that resides in out gastrointestinal t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard about the tale of the man-eating lions of Tsavo, two lions essentially terrorized a gro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
In the wild, birds don’t have a nice and peaceful oasis like one might think. Their habitats are riddled with nois
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2017
Videos
Why is it that some animals seem to shrink and some seem to get bigger? Some studies have shown that this phenomenon occ
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 14, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
The American public’s belief that homosexuality is a consequence of genetics has grown—as has acce
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you and I have no idea where we’re going, we just hop in the car, fire up the GPS system, and tell it where w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
Badgers are known for caching any food they come across in order to help keep it safe from other hungry wild animals in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2017
Microbiology
When bacteria live in communities, they begin to exhibit interesting behavioral patterns
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
It turns out that mandrills, a type of Old World monkey, behave similarly to humans in that they try to avoid sick frien
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
Cephalopods, the branch of animals dealing primarily with octopuses and squids, are much more unique than previously tho
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 06, 2017
Plants & Animals
While investigating a shipwreck off of the coast of the Florida Keys, which is now considered an artificial reef, scient
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 06, 2017
Neuroscience
Does size matter? For the brain, it does. Animals that are far bigger than humans, such as gorillas, who can grow to be
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 05, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Comprehensive knowledge of the functions of a human cell is the key to understanding health and disease. The Allen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
One of the types of food that dolphins are quite keen of are octopuses. For dolphins, they’re both tasty and bite-
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
Close your eyes and imagine a world where fish just walk themselves right out of the water and start living on land beca
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 03, 2017
Cancer
In the quest to reduce exposure to BPA, a chemical that’s linked to cancer, manufacturers are turning to BPA subst
...