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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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MAY 15, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from Nanyang Technical University in Singapore have found that parents’ brains respond differently to ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 15, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Cape honey bees are found in South Africa, and while they look similar, they are very different from other subspecies of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 12, 2020Plants & Animals
While you or I might have the freedom of deciding between a carnivorous diet or going all out vegetarian, not all a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 12, 2020Cannabis Sciences
While 12% of adults in the US claim to have smoked cannabis, the same figure stands at 22% for those aged between 18 and ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 12, 2020Neuroscience
Humans and prairie voles are among the 3- 5% of mammalian species that are monogamous. Now, a study looking at prairie v ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 11, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Soft material robotics are often more resilient and adaptable than conventional robotics, but there is one shortcoming - ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 11, 2020Plants & Animals
Virtually every beehive sports its own queen bee, but there can be only one. Beneath her are hundreds or thousands of pe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2020Plants & Animals
Humboldt penguins are small and easy prey for larger predators, and with that in mind, it may not come as much of a surp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2020Plants & Animals
Most people cringe at the thought of getting stung by a bee, let alone hornets or wasps, with the latter tending to be m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
Black holes are a niche part of astronomy that have captivated some of the greatest astronomers and physicists for decad ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 07, 2020Health & Medicine
Thanks to the success of insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquitos seem to have shifted their feeding times away from the ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 07, 2020Earth & The Environment
Many research projects have examined climate change’s impact on sea ice and glaciers. However, shorefast ice, whic ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 06, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis products become more mainstream, increasing numbers of people from every age bracket are using them. Researc ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 05, 2020Cancer
Can a face-aging mobile app improve the skin cancer protection behavior of teenagers? A cluster-randomized clinical tria ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 05, 2020Plants & Animals
Troops of Hamadryas baboons can reach numbers of 400 strong without a single particular leader. Albeit large, these troo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 04, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the US Department of Energy national laboratories have found that certain gut bacteria are able to impr ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 04, 2020Plants & Animals
Capuchin monkeys are highly intelligent animals, but they’re also rather curious. They’ve adapted to communi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Snakes have a bad rap with people because so many species are known to bite when disturbed. An even smaller subset of sn ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Fruit flies can be particularly annoying, especially when one finds its way into your home and begins buzzing in circles ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 01, 2020Chemistry & Physics
If maths is the only universal language, then John Horton Conway is among the few who can speak it perfectly. Unfortunat ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 01, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study from the University of California Riverside suggests that native bee species may thrive from the environmental e ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In a five year study, scientists have now shown that stickleback fish were able to alter some of their traits within a s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The deliciousness of a food appeal is about a lot more than just taste.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2020Plants & Animals
It seems like turtles are always hungry. Just the mere mention of food gets their heads bobbing, and don’t even ge ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from Nanyang Technical University in Singapore have found that parents’ brains respond differently to
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 15, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Cape honey bees are found in South Africa, and while they look similar, they are very different from other subspecies of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2020
Plants & Animals
While you or I might have the freedom of deciding between a carnivorous diet or going all out vegetarian, not all a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
While 12% of adults in the US claim to have smoked cannabis, the same figure stands at 22% for those aged between 18 and
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 12, 2020
Neuroscience
Humans and prairie voles are among the 3- 5% of mammalian species that are monogamous. Now, a study looking at prairie v
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 11, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Soft material robotics are often more resilient and adaptable than conventional robotics, but there is one shortcoming -
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2020
Plants & Animals
Virtually every beehive sports its own queen bee, but there can be only one. Beneath her are hundreds or thousands of pe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
Humboldt penguins are small and easy prey for larger predators, and with that in mind, it may not come as much of a surp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most people cringe at the thought of getting stung by a bee, let alone hornets or wasps, with the latter tending to be m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Black holes are a niche part of astronomy that have captivated some of the greatest astronomers and physicists for decad
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 07, 2020
Health & Medicine
Thanks to the success of insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquitos seem to have shifted their feeding times away from the
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 07, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Many research projects have examined climate change’s impact on sea ice and glaciers. However, shorefast ice, whic
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 06, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis products become more mainstream, increasing numbers of people from every age bracket are using them. Researc
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 05, 2020
Cancer
Can a face-aging mobile app improve the skin cancer protection behavior of teenagers? A cluster-randomized clinical tria
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 05, 2020
Plants & Animals
Troops of Hamadryas baboons can reach numbers of 400 strong without a single particular leader. Albeit large, these troo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 04, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the US Department of Energy national laboratories have found that certain gut bacteria are able to impr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 04, 2020
Plants & Animals
Capuchin monkeys are highly intelligent animals, but they’re also rather curious. They’ve adapted to communi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Snakes have a bad rap with people because so many species are known to bite when disturbed. An even smaller subset of sn
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Fruit flies can be particularly annoying, especially when one finds its way into your home and begins buzzing in circles
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
If maths is the only universal language, then John Horton Conway is among the few who can speak it perfectly. Unfortunat
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 01, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study from the University of California Riverside suggests that native bee species may thrive from the environmental e
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In a five year study, scientists have now shown that stickleback fish were able to alter some of their traits within a s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The deliciousness of a food appeal is about a lot more than just taste.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
It seems like turtles are always hungry. Just the mere mention of food gets their heads bobbing, and don’t even ge
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard