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Whistling Orangutan

Orangutan's spontaneous whistling opens new chapter in study of evolution of speech

Biology /

created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 6

Throughout history, human beings have used the whistle for everything from hailing a cab to carrying a tune. Now, an orangutan's spontaneous whistling is providing scientists at Great Ape Trust of Iowa new ...


New paper sheds light on bonobo language

Biology /

created Aug 28, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 1

What happens when linguistic tools used to analyze human language are applied to a conversation between a language-competent bonobo and a human? The findings, published this month in the Journal of Integrative Psychological an ...





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Scientists work to save endangered chimps

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 24, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

An international effort is being organized to save some 15 endangered chimpanzees isolated in a part of Rwanda's rain forest.


Book on ape evolution wins W. W. Howells Award

Book on ape evolution wins W. W. Howells Award

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For the second time, Penn State University scientists Alan Walker and Pat Shipman together have won a national book award. A book they coauthored, The Ape in the Tree, A Natural and Intellectual History of ...


Rumbaugh's theory links positions of Wilson, Skinner

Other Sciences / Other

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

When Dr. Paul Naour was looking for a conclusion to his book detailing a previously unknown 1987 tape recording of a conversation regarding human behavior between theorists E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner, he found it at Great ...


Trust your gut? Study explores religion, morality and trust in authority

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

In a world filled with dogma, doctrine and discipline, it is accurate to say most of us strive to do what we believe is "right." These convictions and beliefs permeate every aspect of our lives, including education, ethics ...


Contracts foster trust, but flexibility is needed, research says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While detailed contracts can foster trust between parties, there needs to be flexibility in negotiating potential changes, according to research recently published in MIS Quarterly.


Distrust of Men Doesn't Keep Low-Income Mothers from Romantic Unions

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 16 hours ago | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular scholarship that attributes low rates of marriage among low-income mothers to their general distrust of men, a new study led by a Duke University sociologist finds that gender distrust ...


German firms join for solar-thermal push in the U.S.

Technology / Energy

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

German firms Solar Millennium AG and MAN Ferrostaal AG on Monday said they formed a joint venture to build up to three utility-scale plants in Southern California at a cost about $1 billion each.


Lone male bat rewrites the record books

Lone male bat rewrites the record books

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the rarest bats in the UK - the Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii) - has been found at its most westerly site ever recorded in the UK by a PhD student at the University of Bristol.


A chimpanzee yawning after being shown videos of other chimps yawning in 2003

Yawning toons make an ape gape

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Computer animations of yawning chimpanzees provoke the same irresistible grins in real chimps, according to an unusual study released Wednesday.


Scientists reveal malaria parasites' tactics for outwitting our immune systems

Scientists reveal malaria parasites' tactics for outwitting our immune systems

Medicine & Health / Research

created 17 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Malaria parasites are able to disguise themselves to avoid the host's immune system, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of ...



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