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Migratory Songbirds Climb To Extreme Altitudes During Daytime

Great reed warblers normally migrate by night during its month-long migration from northern Europe to Sub-Saharan Africa.

New Species Formed When The Mediterranean Dried Up

A new study may have uncovered why wall lizards have become the most successful reptile in the Mediterranean region.

How Metals Work Together To Weaken Hardy Nitrogen-Nitrogen Bonds

Study yields clues into how nitrogenase, an enzyme critical for life, converts nitrogen into ammonia.

Those Who Support Black Lives Matter Tend to Be Less Hesitant About Vaccines, UCLA Study Finds

Efforts to encourage vaccination might do well to take advantage of the positive feelings and actions between different social groups, according to a study of attitudes toward vaccines among supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Gap In ‘Excess Deaths’ Has Widened Between U.S. And Europe, But Only Partly Due To COVID-19

Among all but oldest age groups, U.S. has higher death rates than five high-income European nations

Rats! Rodents Seem to Make the Same Logical Errors Humans Do

The combination of extended droughts and rising temperatures creates a vicious cycle, with less vegetation leading to higher temperatures, which in turn makes it harder for remaining vegetation to survive. Pictured: Monteith Parkway in Los Angeles’ View Park-Windsor Hills neighborhood.

Professor Receives Honorary Award For 11-Year-Old Study That Has Been Cited More Than 2,800 Times

AWARD In Denmark, we are famous for our register-based research, and now Professor Elsebeth Lynge – one of the pioneers in the field – receives the honorary 10-Year Impact Award. However, new work procedures threaten Danish register-based research.

Vegetation Browning from Drought Hits L.A.’S Disadvantaged Communities Hardest

The combination of extended droughts and rising temperatures creates a vicious cycle, with less vegetation leading to higher temperatures, which in turn makes it harder for remaining vegetation to survive. Pictured: Monteith Parkway in Los Angeles’ View Park-Windsor Hills neighborhood.

Explaining Cross-Cultural Variation in Mirror Self-Recognition: New Insights Into the Ontogeny of Objective Self-Awareness

Mirror self-recognition (MSR) is considered to be the benchmark of objective self-awareness—the ability to think about oneself. Cross-cultural research showed that there are systematic differences in toddlers’ MSR abilities between 18 and 24 months.

UCLA-Led Study Uses Base Editing to Correct Mutation That Causes Rare Immune Deficiency

A new UCLA-led study suggests that advanced genome editing technology could be used as a one-time treatment for the rare and deadly genetic disease CD3 delta severe combined immunodeficiency.

Coalitions and Conflict: a Longitudinal Analysis of Men’s Politics

To negotiate conflict and navigate status hierarchy, individuals in many species form coalitions.

Training Robots To Manipulate Soft And Deformable Objects

A virtual environment embedded with knowledge of the physical world speeds up problem-solving.

Mutations Can Reduce Effect Of Hormonal Treatment In Early Breast Cancer

A small proportion of women who receive anti-estrogen treatment after breast cancer surgery have worse outcomes.

Birds' Blood Functions As Heating System In Winter

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that bird blood produces more heat in winter, when it is colder, than in autumn.

Muscle Gene Linked To Type 2 Diabetes

People with type 2 diabetes tend to have poorer muscle function than others.

May Day: How Electricity Brought Power To Strikes

Areas in Sweden with early access to electricity at the start of the 1900s underwent rapid change.

Researchers Confirm New Bacterial Strain Causing Widespread Newborn Deaths and Disease in Uganda

In 2007, Yale pediatric neurosurgeon Steven Schiff, MD, PhD, visited his friend, Benjamin Warf, MD, at the CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda.

Children's Fingernail Cortisol Among Bayaka Foragers of the Congo Basin: Associations with Fathers' Roles

Children and mothers’ cortisol production in response to family psychosocial conditions, including parenting demands, family resource availability and parental conflict, has been extensively studied in the United States and Europe.

A New Technique For Correcting Disease-Causing Mutations

Novel method, developed by McGovern Institute researchers, may lead to safer, more efficient gene therapies.

Researchers Identify Sugar Molecule in Breast Milk That Boosts Infant Brain Development

Breast milk is not simply sustenance. It also is rich in micronutrients that are critical for healthy brain development in infants.