health & fitness
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Study on blue tits: Smell first, and then beg
Nestling blue tits can discriminate between the smell of other nestlings and adapt their begging behavior accordingly, suggests a new report.
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Untangling the knots in cell stress
A new study describes how different UPR transducers are used selectively for protein correction.
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Scientists find a way to pack grains and drugs most efficiently
Scientists have discovered a way to solve a problem that has baffled humans for so long it is mentioned in the Bible: achieving the most efficient...
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In both love and war, alligators signal size by bellowing
American alligators produce loud, low-frequency vocalizations called 'bellows'. Cognitive biologists investigated these vocalizations and found...
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Shearing of alpacas is necessary, but also stressful
Alpacas, a species of New World camelids, have very thick wool. This requires them to be shorn regularly, just like sheep. But shearing is a source...
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Osteoarthritis could be prevented with good diet and exercise
Osteoarthritis can potentially be prevented with a good diet and regular exercise, a new expert review reports.
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Stem cells in plants and animals behave surprisingly similarly
A new study shows that the behavior of stem cells in plants and animals is surprisingly similar. The researchers were able to produce mathematical...
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Chronic childhood illness linked with later life mental health problems
A new study into the effects of chronic physical illness in children on their life-long mental health has found that such experiences appear to...
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Playground politics: What drives rejection amongst children?
New research approaches the subject of rejection in a different way. It asked the children doing the rejecting, the 'rejecters,' for the reasons...
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Next-gen solar cells could be improved by atomic-scale redesign
Researchers have uncovered the exact mechanism that causes new solar cells to break down in air, paving the way for a solution.
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What goes down, must come up: Stirring things up in the Earth's mantle
New insights into the convection patterns of the Earth's mantle and its chemical makeup have been revealed. The new findings suggest that the...
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Immune cells rely on receptor to signal counterattack on parasitic worm
Immune cells, called macrophages, may rely on a compound to signal an attack to beat back attacks from parasitic worms, according to an...