A recent study identifies new genetic markers in sockeye salmon that can help improve management…
Month: May 2017
Predicting threats to rainforests: New approach
A new study highlights novel approaches to tackling deforestation. The team focused their research on…
Landscape-scale erosion instabilities in the northern Gabilan Mesa, California
If you ever fly from L.A. to San Francisco, California, you may notice the Gabilan…
New species of bus-sized fossil marine reptile unearthed in Russia
A new species of a fossil pliosaur (large predatory marine reptile from the ‘age of…
Marmoset monkeys learn to call the same way human infants learn to babble
Human social groups have a strange tendency to share responsibility for taking care of infants;…
Ancient DNA evidence shows hunter-gatherers and farmers were intimately linked
In human history, the transition from hunting and gathering to farming is a significant one….
Brain images reveal roots of kids’ increasing cognitive control
As children age into adolescence and on into young adulthood, they show dramatic improvements in…
In fruit fly and human genetics, timing is everything
Using fruit flies, researchers have discovered a cascade of molecular signals that program gene activity…
Size-sensing protein controls glucose uptake and storage in fat cells
Researchers have discovered that a molecule which can sense the swelling of fat cells also…
Tai chi significantly reduces depression symptoms in Chinese-Americans
A new study finds that a 12-week program of instruction and practice of the Chinese…