Video-calling tech could help lonely parrots flock together
A new study which helped pet parrots make video calls to each other suggests that the birds may have benefited from making new feathered friends over the internet.
A new study which helped pet parrots make video calls to each other suggests that the birds may have benefited from making new feathered friends over the internet.
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2023
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A study has characterized the factors that cause the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to invest resources into reproduction—to maximize transmission to other hosts—or replication—to ensure survival within its ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 14, 2023
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A mystery about how a chemical compound found in nature could be synthesized in the lab may have been solved, scientists say—a breakthrough that could unlock new developments in medicine.
Biochemistry
Mar 10, 2023
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Researchers from a Scottish university have teamed up with monkeys to learn more about how animals prefer to use interactive systems.
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2023
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Researchers have shown how sounds recorded by low-cost microphones could be used to help track infectious disease risks in the rainforest and in other rapidly changing landscapes.
Ecology
Feb 27, 2023
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New analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite has revealed just how quickly space rocks which fall to Earth can be contaminated by our atmosphere.
Planetary Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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Domestic abuse allegations and convictions of parents who have perpetrated abuse are not being adequately captured by Scottish civil courts during child contact hearings, a new study by the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh ...
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2023
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Research from an international team of scientists has cast new light on the physics of vitrification—the process by which glass forms.
Soft Matter
Jan 24, 2023
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Scientists have unlocked key insights into virus evolution, revealing new information that could help develop treatments for a wide variety of genetic diseases.
Evolution
Nov 30, 2022
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The world's first urban state societies developed in Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, some 5,500 years ago.
Archaeology
Nov 21, 2022
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