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Discovery of genetically different Tasmanian devils offers new hope In a discovery of consequence for efforts to save Tasmanian devils in the wild, scientists have found some devils from north-west Tasmania are genetically different and potentially resistant to the de...
Bird wings morph quickly to adapt to human-created environmental changes Can species quickly evolve when humans rapidly change their habitats? The answer, in some cases, is yes. A new study of North American songbirds finds that major changes in wing shape have occurred ov...
Study: Pattern in movies mimics that found in our brain, throughout natureWhat holds our attention as moviegoers? Sparkling dialog? Ravishing visuals? Carnage? None of the above. It is the transitions between the shots - the cuts - that force us to pay attention. As film ed...
"The Rosenfeld" Named After California's Godfather of Energy EfficiencyPioneering French physicists Marie and Pierre Curie have the curie, a unit of radioactivity, named after them. Renowned inventor Nikola Tesla is honored with the tesla, which measures a magnetic field...
Male batterers consistently overestimate rates of violence toward partners Men who engaged in domestic violence consistently overestimated how common such behavior is, and the more they overestimated it the more they engaged in abusing their partner in the previous 90 days, ...
