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When it comes to elephant love calls, the answer lies in a bone-shaking triangle

Biology /

created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many a love-besotted soul has declared they would move the world for their true love, but how many actually accomplish that task in their quest to unite with a lover?





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The six elephants in Sierra Leone were shot and "crudely butchered"

S.Leone elephants 'wiped out' by poachers: official

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 6

Poachers "wiped out" the entire elephant herd in Sierra Leone's only wildlife park, wildlife managers said Thursday after police said they had arrested a gang of 10 poachers.


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Elephant seals take naps while diving

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study may have solved the long-standing question of how elephants sleep during their long migrations at sea, when they can be away from land for up to eight months.


Indian engineer invents device to stop rampaging elephants

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

An Indian inventor has created a device to stop rampaging elephants in their tracks, amid concern about human injuries and deaths when they run amok, his company said Monday.


India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks (AP)

India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday.


Critical communication for caregivers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia represent an exponentially growing social and health care challenge for American families - not only family members who face the progressive brain disease, but also those who ...


New insight in nerve cell communication

New insight in nerve cell communication

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Communication between nerve cells is vital for our bodies to function. Part of this communication happens through vesicles containing signalling molecules called neurotransmitters. The vesicle fuses with the ...


Right-handed chimpanzees provide clues to the origin of human language

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Most of the linguistic functions in humans are controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere. A study of captive chimpanzees at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Atlanta, Georgia), reported in the January 2010 issue ...


Embodied Cognition: Using Movement to Understand the Mind

Embodied Cognition: Using Movement to Understand the Mind

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology professors look at movement to study communication and cognition.


Informal social networks better at encouraging Hispanics to prepare for disasters, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lay health teachers who engaged Hispanics inside their social networks were more effective than mailers at encouraging participants to prepare disaster plans.


Highlighting racial disparities increases coverage and effectiveness of health news

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Effective communication of health news is needed to raise awareness and encourage behavior changes in populations who experience health disparities, or inequalities in health status, according to the U.S. Department of Health ...



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