Puzzle-solving behavior spreads through bumblebee colonies
Bumblebees learn to solve a puzzle by watching more experienced bees, and this behavioral preference then spreads through the colony, ...
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Harmful bacteria can elude predators when in mixed colonies
Efforts to fight disease-causing bacteria by harnessing their natural predators could be undermined when multiple species occupy the same space, ...
Ant colonies behave like neural networks when making decisions
Temperatures are rising, and one colony of ants will soon have to make a collective decision. Each ant feels the ...
Male-skewed sex ratios among North American settlers led to women marrying earlier and men later, in study of St. Lawrence Valley colonies
Male-skewed sex ratios among North American settlers led to women marrying earlier and men later, in study of St. Lawrence ...
Queen’s genes determine sex of entire ant colonies
Researchers have discovered the genetic basis for a quirk of the animal kingdom — how ant queens produce broods that ...
Size matters for bee ‘superorganism’ colonies
Scientists have carefully studied the intricacies of how individual organisms live and act together in groups known as biological collectives. ...
Grant backs effort to build useful bacterial colonies
HOUSTON – (Sept. 20, 2021) – Rice synthetic biologist Matthew Bennett and his colleagues have won a four-year, $1.2 million National Institutes of Health ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New findings on hair loss in men
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Did life exist on Mars? Other planets? With AI’s help, we may know soon
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New study definitively confirms gulf stream weakening, understanding the changes could help predict future trends in extreme events
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Distinct immune, hormone responses shed light on mysteries of long COVID
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Four novel receptors may link endometrial cancer to PCOS