Tag: biology

It Sent Shivers Down My Neurons

05/12/2018

How is it that a sound can send a chill down your spine? By observing individual brain cells of mice, scientists are understanding how sound incites fear....

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Gigantic Mammal ‘Cousin’ Discovered

23/11/2018

The discovery of Lisowicia changes our ideas about the latest history of dicynodonts, and also raises more questions about what made them and dinosaurs so large....

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The Neurobiology of Social Aggression

19/10/2018

Research shows signalling mechanism in the brain shapes social behaviour, with implications for understanding social hierarchy, bullying and aggression. ...

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Humans Cause of Sixth Mass Extinction

16/10/2018

If current conservation efforts are not improved, so many mammal species will become extinct during the next five decades that nature will need 3–5 million years to recover....

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Find The Fish

03/10/2018

For the first time, locations on the human genome have been identified that can explain differences in meaning in life between individuals. ...

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Invasive Snakes Hitchhiking With US Military

26/09/2018

A research team has been studying why a type of cat-eyed snake has been so effective at devastating native bird populations on the island of Guam....

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We’re Not In Kansas Any More, Toto

29/08/2018

Sleep is known to allow animals to re-energise and consolidate memories. Now, scientists have identified a pair of genes that regulate how much REM and non-REM sleep an animal experiences. ...

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Escaping Fear: You’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

27/06/2018

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science have discovered a circuit in the brain that is necessary for unlearning fear....

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Snuggle or Die: Sociable Monkeys More Likely to Survive Winter

30/05/2018

A new study is the first to show that social huddling may be a mechanism that connects social bonding to higher fitness....

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Arachnophobes, Rejoice: Kim the Jumping Spider Has Training

09/05/2018

Scientists at the University of Manchester have successfully trained a spider to jump on demand to discover the secrets of animal movement....

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Why Do We Have Eyebrows? Finally We Have an Evolutionary Explanation

11/04/2018

Why expressive brows might have mattered in human evolution...

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Could This Be The End For Testing On Animals?

14/03/2018

MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs and detect possible side effects before the drugs are tested in humans. ...

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Humans and Fruit Flies Hit Snooze Button in Synch

23/02/2018

Fruit Flies Create Buzz Around Body Clock Research....

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self-esteem

Count Yourself Confident! Self-Esteem in Numbers

13/11/2017

Discovered: The equation that can map self esteem in the brain...

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Gut microbes

How Do Your Gut Microbes Control You?

22/08/2017

Gut microbes may talk to the brain through cortisol ...

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Genehunters: Genome Sequencing While you Wait

21/08/2017

Kew Scientists sequence a whole genome on a Welsh mountainside to identify a plant species within hours...

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The Biology of Colour (and Why There are No Purple Cows)

07/08/2017

Study explores advances and challenges in the field of animal coloration...

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crispy jellyfish

Crispy Jellyfish: Coming Soon to a Buddha Bowl Near You

31/07/2017

New methods of preparation mean jellyfish may soon be accepted as a healthy snack...

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star nosed mole

Know Your Moles: The Star-Nosed Mole

24/04/2017

Strange-looking creature yields surprising insights about nerves, brains and extreme adaptation...

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Pacific spiny dogfish shark

Born Slippy: The Freaky Chemistry of the Pacific Spiny Dogfish Shark

29/10/2016

How sharks recycle toxic ammonia to keep their skin moist ...

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sea snakes

‘A thousand thousand slimy things…’: Sea Snakes in Iran

10/10/2016

Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake ...

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The Key to Circadian Sunflower Salutations

29/08/2016

Plant biologists discover how sunflowers use internal circadian timing to follow the sun...

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Old Dog, New Trick, No Thanks? How Declining Dopamine Levels Affect Decision Making

05/06/2016

Brain chemistry may explain why older people take fewer risks ...

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Mellow Yellow, Pretty in Pink. The Science of Flower Colour

14/05/2016

With customary Dutch horticultural knowhow, University of Groningen researcher explains the anatomy of flower color ...

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International Potato Center

Spuds in Space: How to (Really) Grow Potatoes on Mars

24/12/2015

Crop harvested under Red Planet conditions will set course for Martian farming...

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All in the Pipes: Birds sing the same way we do

30/11/2015

The very same physical mechanisms are at play when a bird sings and a human speaks....

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Amygdala activity by Julie McMahon

Kissy Kissy Icky Icky. Why kids don’t snog

12/04/2015

A hardwired signal in the brain accounts for young children’s temporary aversion to bestowing physical affection on the opposite sex. It takes at least a decade of marriage to make the...

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Will We Cope With Martian Flu?

05/02/2015

Spaceflight may be associated with a process of accelerated aging of the immune system....

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Ah Feels it In Me Bones: How Whales Hear

31/01/2015

Bone conduction is likely the predominant mechanism for hearing in fin whales and other baleen whales...

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current biology, fun small

What is Fun, and Why Do We Need It?

06/01/2015

Play is an effective mechanism for encouraging creativity since creativity also involves breaking away from established patterns of thought and behavior...

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