Female olfactory cues hasten mortality and reproductive aging, mouse study finds
Sensory cues from the opposite sex can influence how animals age, a University of Otago-led study has found.
Sensory cues from the opposite sex can influence how animals age, a University of Otago-led study has found.
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2024
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More than 20 million Australians have at least one long-term health condition, 63% of whom are in the workforce.
Economics & Business
Feb 5, 2024
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"It was like walking through the gates of hell." That's what one visitor to a prison told us about their experience. It can be a traumatic and stressful event. Family members of first-time prisoners are most often left in ...
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2024
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"Mistrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful," warned Friedrich Nietzsche more than a century ago.
Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2023
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What would you guess are the two biggest killers in the world? Based on media coverage, maybe you guessed gun violence, accidents or COVID-19. But the top two killers are actually cardiovascular disease and cancer. These ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 7, 2023
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Though cars are the biggest threat to coyotes taking up residence in U.S. cities, a new study suggests urban living poses a different kind of hazard to coyote health—in the form of chronic stress.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2023
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As cat researchers, one of the most common complaints we hear is: "My cat is a jerk! Whenever I do something he doesn't like, he pees on my bed or the rug."
Veterinary medicine
Jul 13, 2023
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When a creature's stress levels decrease because of the presence of a companion, it is known as social buffering. In highly social animals, such as mammals and birds, this phenomenon is well studied. Now, researchers have ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2023
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The way people type and use their computer mouse can be better stress indicators than their heart rate, Swiss researchers said on Tuesday, adding their model could help prevent chronic stress.
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2023
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Over the past 20 years, coronaviruses in wild bat populations have led to three major disease outbreaks in humans: SARS in 2002, MERS in 2012 and COVID-19. The latter triggered an ongoing global pandemic. In turn, this has ...
Ecology
Apr 3, 2023
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