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Earliest use of psychoactive and medicinal plant 'harmal' identified in Iron Age Arabia
A new study uses metabolic profiling to uncover ancient knowledge systems behind therapeutic and psy ...View More
The scent of death? Worms experience altered fertility and lifespan when exposed to dead counterparts
For example, many insects such as bees and ants will instinctively remove dead members from the hive ...View More
Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong
Most of us are familiar sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow la ...View More
'Selfish' genes called introners proven to be a major source of genetic complexity
DNA is the genetic code that provides the biological instructions for every living species, but not ...View More
Shrinking Nemo: Clownfish survive heatwaves by shrinking
Clownfish have been shown to shrink in order to survive heat stress and avoid social conflict, Newca ...View More
Are groovy brains more efficient?
Many grooves and dimples on the surface of the brain are unique to humans, but they're often dismiss ...View More
Capuchin monkeys develop bizarre 'fad' of abducting baby howlers
On an island off the coast of Panama lives a population of wild primates with a remarkable culture. ...View More
Mice use chemical cues such as odors to sense social hierarchy
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that mice use chemical cues, including odours, ...View More
Light-to-electricity nanodevice reveals how Earth's oldest surviving cyanobacteria worked
An international team of scientists have unlocked a key piece of Earth's evolutionary puzzle by deco ...View More
Wild orangutans show communication complexity thought to be uniquely human
In groundbreaking work from The University of Warwick, researchers have found that wild orangutans v ...View More
