As the streets of San Francisco emptied in the first month of the epidemic, the city’s male birds began to sing more softly and improve their range of sound, according to a new study published Thursday. The paper describes in the growing body of research how animals describe – from …
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As a species, humans have inhabited almost every corner of the globe. We have developed the technologies and cultures that shape the world we live in. ‘Natural selection’ or ‘survival idea’ is understood in Stone Age times when we were fighting over the scrap of meat, but does it still …
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A woolly brown rhinoceros that waited two tons once roamed northeastern Siberia before mysteriously disappearing about 14,000 years ago. Was his death caused by humans, or by the warming climate of the time? A new study by a Swedish and Russian team of scientists examining DNA fragments of the remains …
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Despite the long evolutionary history of our species, humans have only been reading and writing for a few thousand years. New research shows that we may have ‘recycled’ a key region of the brain to help us understand the written word. In tests on rhesus macaque monkeys, scientists have shown …
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NASA’s perseverance Mars rover launched at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 30, featuring state-of-the-art technology including high definition video equipment and the first interplanetary helicopter. Many of the tools are designed as experimental steps towards human exploration of the red planet. Crucially, Perseverance is equipped with a device called the …
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