Chimp Females Who Leave Home Postpone Parenthood
Wild chimpanzee females in western Tanzania who leave home or are orphaned take roughly three years longer to start a family. The researchers analyzed more than 50 years’ worth of…
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Twin Study Finds Genetics Affects Where Children Look, Shaping Mental Development
A new study co-led by Indiana University that tracked the eye movement of twins finds that genetics plays a strong role in how people attend to their environment. Conducted in collaboration…
New Model Reveals Possibility of Pumping Antibiotics Into Bacteria
Researchers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry have discovered that a cellular pump known to move drugs like antibiotics out of E. coli bacteria has the potential to bring them…
Teaching Bats to Say ‘Move Out of My Way’ in Many Dialects
Wild fruit bats, living in crowded roosts, are exposed to calls from hundreds of fellow bats from birth. Most often these calls are made in response to unsolicited physical contact,…
h7n9 Influenza Is Both Lethal and Transmissible in Animal Model for Flu
In 2013, an influenza virus that had never before been detected began circulating among poultry in China. It caused several waves of human infection and in late 2016, the number…
‘This Is Very Alarming!’: Flying Insects Vanish from Nature Preserves
Not long ago, a lengthy drive on a hot day wouldn’t be complete without scraping bug guts off a windshield. But splattered insects have gone the way of the Chevy Nova — you just don’t…