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Humans evolved to be the water-saving ape - New study suggests humans evolved to run on 30% to 50% less water than our closest primate relatives, enabling our hunter-gatherer ancestors to venture farther from water in search of food…

3 years ago today.duke.edu

Scientists identified a number of 'silent' mutations in the roughly 30,000 letters of the COVID-19 virus's genetic code that helped it thrive once it made the leap from bats and other wildlife to humans -- and possibly helped set the stage for the global pandemic.

4 years ago today.duke.edu covid genetics

Young dolphins pick their friends wisely

4 years ago today.duke.edu

Green is more than skin-deep for hundreds of frog species. Biochemical workaround makes pigment that tunes light to the exact shade of a green leaf.

4 years ago today.duke.edu

Researcher questions years of work with reexamination of fMRI data

4 years ago today.duke.edu

The neighborhood a child grows up in may influence their health for years to come in previously invisible ways

4 years ago today.duke.edu

Study finds area of amygdala in mouse brain that controls the sense of pain, turning the pain off, not on

4 years ago today.duke.edu brain

Chronic exposure to microplastic fibers causes aneurysms, erosion of surface layers and other serious damage to fish gills, and it increases egg production.

4 years ago today.duke.edu

Male sparrows are less intimidated by the songs of aging rivals

4 years ago today.duke.edu

How status sticks to genes. Those at the bottom of the social ladder are known to live shorter and sicker lives than those at the top

5 years ago today.duke.edu

Sister, Neighbor, Friend: Awareness of Multiple Roles Boosts Kids' Performance - "Simply reminding children of their many identities can lead to better problem-solving and more flexible thinking."

5 years ago today.duke.edu

“Gut Sense” is Hardwired, not Hormonal - Neural Superhighway Conveys Messages From Gut to Brain

6 years ago today.duke.edu brain

Satellite maps reveal spread of mountaintop coal mining in Appalachia - The practice of mountaintop coal mining has been linked with a variety of environmental threats…

6 years ago today.duke.edu

When Cozying Up With Would-Be Predators, Cleaner Shrimp Follow a Dependable Script

6 years ago today.duke.edu

Humans see the world in higher resolution than most animals, finds new study based on an analysis of the visual acuity for roughly 600 species of animals

6 years ago today.duke.edu

False memories, or why we're so sure of things we're wrong about

6 years ago today.duke.edu

Scientists Find Stomach Cells In Lung Cancer

6 years ago today.duke.edu cancer

How infighting turns toxic for chimpanzees. Power. Ambition. Jealousy

6 years ago today.duke.edu

Toenail fungus gives up sex to infect human hosts - The fungus that causes athlete’s foot and other skin and toenail infections may have lost its ability to sexually reproduce as it adapted to grow on its human hosts, but being a clone of itself may make it vulnerable to new treatments.

6 years ago today.duke.edu

Bonobos prefer jerks

6 years ago today.duke.edu

Eardrums move in sync with eyes

6 years ago today.duke.edu

Women Survive Crises Better Than Men

6 years ago today.duke.edu

Negative portrayal of a shooting victim can lead people to blame the victim for his own death and to sympathize with the shooter

6 years ago today.duke.edu

Boosting activity in brain areas related to thinking and problem-solving may also buffer against worsening anxiety.

7 years ago today.duke.edu brain

Researchers at Duke university find that wild-born bonobos will help a stranger obtain food even where there is no immediate payback.

7 years ago today.duke.edu

Scientists have captured unexpected dynamics of cells involved in zebrafish heart tissue regeneration

7 years ago today.duke.edu

Meerkats produce a pungent "paste" in a pouch beneath their tails, created by odor-producing bacteria, that they smear on plants, rocks and even other meerkats to mark their turf

7 years ago today.duke.edu

When states suffer a widespread loss of jobs, the damage extends to the next generation, where college attendance drops among the poorest students, says new research

7 years ago today.duke.edu

Breaking Glass in Infinite Dimensions

7 years ago today.duke.edu

Intellectual Humility increases tolerance, improves decision-making

7 years ago today.duke.edu

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Humans evolved to be the water-saving ape - New study suggests humans evolved to run on 30% to 50% less water than our closest primate relatives, enabling our hunter-gatherer ancestors to venture farther from water in search of food…

Scientists identified a number of 'silent' mutations in the roughly 30,000 letters of the COVID-19 virus's genetic code that helped it thrive once it made the leap from bats and other wildlife to humans -- and possibly helped set the stage for the global pandemic.

Young dolphins pick their friends wisely

Green is more than skin-deep for hundreds of frog species. Biochemical workaround makes pigment that tunes light to the exact shade of a green leaf.

Researcher questions years of work with reexamination of fMRI data

The neighborhood a child grows up in may influence their health for years to come in previously invisible ways

Study finds area of amygdala in mouse brain that controls the sense of pain, turning the pain off, not on

Chronic exposure to microplastic fibers causes aneurysms, erosion of surface layers and other serious damage to fish gills, and it increases egg production.

Male sparrows are less intimidated by the songs of aging rivals

How status sticks to genes. Those at the bottom of the social ladder are known to live shorter and sicker lives than those at the top

Sister, Neighbor, Friend: Awareness of Multiple Roles Boosts Kids' Performance - "Simply reminding children of their many identities can lead to better problem-solving and more flexible thinking."

“Gut Sense” is Hardwired, not Hormonal - Neural Superhighway Conveys Messages From Gut to Brain

Satellite maps reveal spread of mountaintop coal mining in Appalachia - The practice of mountaintop coal mining has been linked with a variety of environmental threats…

When Cozying Up With Would-Be Predators, Cleaner Shrimp Follow a Dependable Script

Humans see the world in higher resolution than most animals, finds new study based on an analysis of the visual acuity for roughly 600 species of animals

False memories, or why we're so sure of things we're wrong about

Scientists Find Stomach Cells In Lung Cancer

How infighting turns toxic for chimpanzees. Power. Ambition. Jealousy

Toenail fungus gives up sex to infect human hosts - The fungus that causes athlete’s foot and other skin and toenail infections may have lost its ability to sexually reproduce as it adapted to grow on its human hosts, but being a clone of itself may make it vulnerable to new treatments.

Bonobos prefer jerks

Eardrums move in sync with eyes

Women Survive Crises Better Than Men

Negative portrayal of a shooting victim can lead people to blame the victim for his own death and to sympathize with the shooter

Boosting activity in brain areas related to thinking and problem-solving may also buffer against worsening anxiety.

Researchers at Duke university find that wild-born bonobos will help a stranger obtain food even where there is no immediate payback.

Scientists have captured unexpected dynamics of cells involved in zebrafish heart tissue regeneration

Meerkats produce a pungent "paste" in a pouch beneath their tails, created by odor-producing bacteria, that they smear on plants, rocks and even other meerkats to mark their turf

When states suffer a widespread loss of jobs, the damage extends to the next generation, where college attendance drops among the poorest students, says new research

Breaking Glass in Infinite Dimensions

Intellectual Humility increases tolerance, improves decision-making