Foraging ants navigate more efficiently when given energy-drink-like doses of caffeine
Ants who receive a caffeine-laced sugary reward become more efficient at navigating back to the reward’s location compared to ants...
Young girls most sensitive to PFAS “forever chemicals” found in Australian vegetables
Researchers have revealed the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in vegetables from Sydney and Newcastle in Australia. The...
Sexual parasitism helped anglerfish invade the deep sea during a time of global warming
Members of the vertebrate group including anglerfishes are unique in possessing a characteristic known as sexual parasitism, in which males...
Greater Bay Area Science Forum – Hong Kong Forum concludes at HKU
Professor Xiang Zhang, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKU, delivered the welcome remarks, “The Greater Bay Area, including Hong Kong, Guangzhou,...
Children struggling at school entry more likely to face disadvantage at age 16-17
School readiness at age 4-5 could help predict unemployment and education drop-out at age 16-17, according to a study led...
Effectiveness of a school- and primary care–based HPV vaccination intervention
About The Study: In this cluster randomized trial, within the context of the late COVID-19 pandemic period and limited school and...
Archaeology: Differences in Neanderthal and Palaeolithic human childhood stress
Neanderthal children (who lived between 400,000 and 40,000 years ago) and modern human children living during the Upper Palaeolithic era...
Shedding light on the chemical enigma of sulfur trioxide in the atmosphere
Researchers at Tampere University have discovered that sulfur trioxide can form products other than sulfuric acid in the atmosphere by...
Continuing study: Tel Aviv University researchers identify the pathogen causing sea urchin mass mortalities in the Red Sea; The epidemic has spread to the Indian Ocean possess an eminent threat to coral reefs
Embargoed until Thursday, May 23rd at 11AM (Israel time)Credit: Jean-Pascal Quod Embargoed until Thursday, May 23rd at 11AM (Israel time)...
Finding the beat of collective animal motion
Across nature, animals from swarming insects to herding mammals can organize into seemingly choreographed motion. Over the last two decades,...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Warm seawater speeding up melting of ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ scientists warn
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Probiotics during pregnancy shown to help moms and babies