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One of the most intriguing questions about the human brain is also one of the most difficult for neuroscientists to answer: What sets our brains apart from those of other animals?
"We really don't understand what makes the human brain special," said Ed Lein, Ph.D., Investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. "Studying the differences...
A geographic profiling tool used to catch serial criminals could help reduce the casualties of human-tiger conflict, according to scientists who collaborated on an innovative conservation research study.
The results of their research, published in Nature Communications, help explain how villagers in Sumatra coexist with tigers. If used pre-emptively it could have helped cut attacks by...
Over the long-run, the race will indeed go to the slower, steadier animal.
"The fable of 'The Tortoise and the Hare' is a metaphor about life, not a story about a race," said Adrian Bejan, the J.A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University. "We see in animal life two starkly different lifestyles -- one...
Scientists have discovered that beluga whales and narwhals go through the menopause -- taking the total number of species known to experience this to five.
Aside from humans, the species now known to experience menopause are all toothed whales -- belugas, narwhals, killer whales and short-finned pilot whales.
Almost all animals continue reproducing throughout their lives, and...
