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Behavioral sciences explore the cognitive processes within organisms and the behavioral interactions between organisms in the natural world.
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SEP 08, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A new study with rats suggests the genetic roots of alcoholism are incredibly complex. Researchers identified 930 genes ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)SEP 06, 2016Cardiology
Having sex frequently—and enjoying it—may put older men at higher risk for heart attacks and other cardiovas ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)SEP 06, 2016Plants & Animals
It was a normal day above the ocean, but scientists would soon realize that after sending an observation sub up to 2,000 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
Juno is out there in space studying the atmosphere and magnetic field of Jupiter, among other things, so we can get a be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2016Plants & Animals
Often times when pet fish owners get tired of being pet fish owners, they’ll dump their pets into the local wild w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2016Videos
Lots of people get enjoyment out of feeding wild birds and ducks, primarily with stale or uneaten white bread that might ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2016Plants & Animals
When your dog listens to you and makes you proud, what do you do? Do you give them a dog biscuit, or do you scoop them u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists are in awe after having discovered a very strange trans-Neptunian object (TNO) that is orbiting the Sun in a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Back in 2002, Betty the New Caledonian crow made headlines when she was observed bending a piece of garden wire into a h ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Neurons signal to each other throughout the body using a connection called a synapse. While they are very small, they ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2016Plants & Animals
Farmers from Canada now have a new self-defense mechanism against the geese that are trying to destroy their wheat and g ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2016Microbiology
Researchers have learned more about how Lyme disease invades the body, and will publish their findings September 6 in Ce ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2016Neuroscience
The Olympics are over and while there were dozens of amazing moments for the millions that watched, some of what the ath ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common chemical that is extensively used in consumer products such as metal food can liners, wate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2016Plants & Animals
In what seems to be a miraculous story for a leopard that became stuck at the bottom of a 60-foot deep well in India, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2016Neuroscience
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both names for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These di ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 23, 2016Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2016Plants & Animals
All the movies show sharks swimming right-side-up, but new research indicates that Hollywood has once again shown to be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 22, 2016Plants & Animals
Often during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, human infants exhibit a spontaneous smiling effect on their faces. This inv ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 21, 2016Plants & Animals
Flowers like sunlight. With it, they are able to carry out photosynthesis, and it’s a necessary part of many plant ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2016Plants & Animals
A lot of birds spend a lot of time in the skies, and yet they still need to sleep. As a result, there has long been the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
A very interesting binary star system subbed AR Scorpii some 380 light years away from our planet contains both a red dw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 19, 2016Earth & The Environment
More than 82,000 people from 35,000 homes were ordered to evacuate from their homes as the Blue Cut fire raged through r ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 18, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—August 18, 2016—An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 08, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A new study with rats suggests the genetic roots of alcoholism are incredibly complex. Researchers identified 930 genes
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 06, 2016
Cardiology
Having sex frequently—and enjoying it—may put older men at higher risk for heart attacks and other cardiovas
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
It was a normal day above the ocean, but scientists would soon realize that after sending an observation sub up to 2,000
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Juno is out there in space studying the atmosphere and magnetic field of Jupiter, among other things, so we can get a be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2016
Plants & Animals
Often times when pet fish owners get tired of being pet fish owners, they’ll dump their pets into the local wild w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2016
Videos
Lots of people get enjoyment out of feeding wild birds and ducks, primarily with stale or uneaten white bread that might
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
When your dog listens to you and makes you proud, what do you do? Do you give them a dog biscuit, or do you scoop them u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are in awe after having discovered a very strange trans-Neptunian object (TNO) that is orbiting the Sun in a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Back in 2002, Betty the New Caledonian crow made headlines when she was observed bending a piece of garden wire into a h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neurons signal to each other throughout the body using a connection called a synapse. While they are very small, they ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2016
Plants & Animals
Farmers from Canada now have a new self-defense mechanism against the geese that are trying to destroy their wheat and g
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers have learned more about how Lyme disease invades the body, and will publish their findings September 6 in Ce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2016
Neuroscience
The Olympics are over and while there were dozens of amazing moments for the millions that watched, some of what the ath
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common chemical that is extensively used in consumer products such as metal food can liners, wate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
In what seems to be a miraculous story for a leopard that became stuck at the bottom of a 60-foot deep well in India, a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both names for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These di
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 23, 2016
Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
All the movies show sharks swimming right-side-up, but new research indicates that Hollywood has once again shown to be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
Often during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, human infants exhibit a spontaneous smiling effect on their faces. This inv
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
Flowers like sunlight. With it, they are able to carry out photosynthesis, and it’s a necessary part of many plant
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
A lot of birds spend a lot of time in the skies, and yet they still need to sleep. As a result, there has long been the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A very interesting binary star system subbed AR Scorpii some 380 light years away from our planet contains both a red dw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 19, 2016
Earth & The Environment
More than 82,000 people from 35,000 homes were ordered to evacuate from their homes as the Blue Cut fire raged through r
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA—August 18, 2016—An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)