Ability to tolerate aggression is partly genetic: Study
December 8th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 8 (ANI): UCLA scientists have said that the ability to tolerate aggression is partly genetic."The ability to tolerate aggression is passed on across generations; there is genetic variation in the ... Read more...
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Like humans, chimps too prefer using their right hands
October 29th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 29 (ANI): A new study by Spanish scientists has revealed that humans are not the only species to prefer to use their right hand -- chimpanzees also share the trait. ... Read more...
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Worker ants can lay eggs in queen’s absence
July 1st, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 1 (ANI): Worker ants separated from the queen develop large ovaries in preparation for laying eggs, Danish researchers have demonstrated.For the study, researchers from the Centre for Social Evolution ... Read more...
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Plotting, treachery rife in ant royal families
February 26th, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 26 (IANS) Social insects, ants in particular, are usually thought of as selfless entities willing to sacrifice everything for their comrades. However, research suggests that ant queens are also prepared ... Read more...
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‘Devious’ ant queens compromise on colony’s welfare to retain throne
February 26th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): Previous studies have shown that ants are selfless entities as they sacrifice themselves for their comrades. However, a new study reveals that ant queens are prepared to compromise ... Read more...
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Resilient Kutch showcases folk culture, eyes tourists
December 2nd, 2009 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhuj (Gujarat), Dec 2 (IANS) Eight years after the northern coast of Gujarat was ravaged by a major earthquake, the colourful Kutch region in western India put the past behind to ... Read more...
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European cavemen roasted birds 150,000 years ago
November 27th, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 27 (ANI): A new study has found that although early modern humans and their predecessors in Europe were mostly big game hunters, but a pile of well-nibbled bird bones suggests ... Read more...
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Europe’s largest bat inhabited northeastern Spain more than 10,000 years ago
October 30th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 30 (ANI): A team of scientists has confirmed that the largest bat in Europe, Nyctalus lasiopterus, had a greater geographical presence in northeastern Spain more than 10,000 years ago than ... Read more...
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Poor money savers likely to be overeaters, smokers
September 4th, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): People who are poor at saving money are likely to have impulsive behaviour such as overeating, smoking and infidelity, according to a new study.The study conducted through the ... Read more...
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Hominids’ last supper establishes the times they lived at archaeological sites
July 15th, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): An international team of scientists has analyzed the last food that the hominids consumed, in order to establish the length of their occupations at archaeological sites.As part of ... Read more...
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How butterfly larvae cheat ants into feeding them while letting their own brood starve
January 4th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by admin
Washington, January 4 (ANI): Caterpillars of large blue butterflies change their smell to dupe ant workers into believing them to be one of their own larvae, say researchers.Investigators at the Centre for ... Read more...
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