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The power of estrogen -- male snakes attract other males

A new study has shown that boosting the estrogen levels of male garter snakes causes them to secrete the same pheromones that females use to attract suitors, and turned the males into just about the sexiest ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Mammal secrets

You probably don’t need a field guide to identify a raccoon. Or a grey squirrel. You’re not likely to say, “that big white shaggy beast, hmm, yes, might be a polar bear. Let’s check.” ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Obstacles no barrier to higher speeds for worms, researchers find

Obstacles in an organism's path can help it to move faster, not slower, researchers from New York University's Applied Math Lab at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences have found through a series ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Excessive sporting activity may impair long-term success of hip resurfacing

In hip resurfacing the femoral ball in the hip joint is not removed, but instead is trimmed and capped with a smooth metal covering. Young and active patients with arthritis often choose hip resurfacing over total hip replacement ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Behavior of parent organisms may influence genes passed on to next generation

Timing is everything, and if there was ever a scientist whose legacy was tarnished by bad timing, it was Jean Baptiste Lamarck. The French naturalist lived from 1744 to 1829 - and published his own evolutionary theory decades ...

Biology / Evolution

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study of diving beetles suggest sperm evolution may be driven by changes in female reproductive organs

Studying female reproductive tracts and sperm in diving beetles (Dytiscidae), researchers from the University of Arizona and Syracuse University have obtained a glimpse into a bizarre and amazing world of spe ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Kids heading for diabetes could change their future

(Medical Xpress) -- New research suggests exercise early in life could fend off diabetes and heart disease, even for those predisposed to such diseases.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A mighty revealing mouse

Ten years ago, when Prof. Neville Pillay first started investigating the semi-desert-dwelling African striped mouse or Rhabdomys in the Goegap Nature Reserve near Springbok, Northern Cape, he never anticipated ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds southern Indian Ocean humpbacks singing different tunes

A recently published study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and others reveals that humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean are singing different tunes, unusual since humpbacks in the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Ultrasound male contraceptive, overlooked for decades, confirmed to work

Imagine a contraceptive that could, with one or two painless 15-minute non-surgical treatments, provide months of protection from pregnancy. And imagine that the equipment needed were already in physical therapists' ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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