Starlings" migratory behavior found to be inherited, not learned
Young, naïve starlings are looking for their wintering grounds independently of experienced conspecifics. Starlings are highly social birds throughout the year, but this does not mean that they copy the migration route from each other......»»
There"s a call for a new "behavior curriculum" in Australian schools. Is that a good idea?
Earlier this month, a Senate inquiry recommended Australian students get specific lessons in how to behave......»»
Researchers working on enabling ‘Apple GPT’ and more to run on iPhone
We learned back in May that Apple is already using its own AI chatbot internally, which some have dubbed Apple GPT. A new research paper appears to be geared to enabling a ChatGPT-style system to run on iPhones. A second Apple AI paper looks at wa.....»»
Dark matter might be keeping an even darker secret
Researchers compare a theorized behavior of dark matter to actual galaxies. Enlarge / A compact dwarf galaxy, which may have features that are difficult to explain with standard models of dark matter. (credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA).....»»
Harnessing nanotechnology to understand tumor behavior
A new study conducted by pre-Ph.D. researcher Pablo S. Valera demonstrates the potential of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to explore metabolites secreted by cancer cells in cancer research......»»
Correct bad network behavior to bolster application experience
Legacy hardware-based applications existed happily in isolation, untethered from a network. The thing that really mattered was the speed of the hard drive and having enough memory. Today, even the software running from personal hard drives relies on.....»»
Cats playing fetch: Research investigates how the game unfolds
Cats tend to dictate games of fetch with their owners and most cats who play fetch learned to do so without explicit training, according to a survey of 924 cat owners published in Scientific Reports. The findings also highlight the variety of objects.....»»
App Store anti-steering ban would be consumer-friendly, with little risk to Apple
We learned yesterday that the European Union looks set to impose an App Store anti-steering ban on Apple. That is, Apple would no longer be allowed to prevent Spotify and other music services from linking to their own company’s website for subscrip.....»»
Natural gas is actually migrating under permafrost, and could see methane emissions skyrocket if it escapes
Beneath Svalbard's permafrost, millions of cubic meters of methane are trapped—and scientists have now learned that it can migrate beneath the cold seal of the permafrost and escape. A large-scale escape could create a cycle of warming that would s.....»»
Migratory bats can detect the Earth"s magnetic field, behavioral experiments show
Pipistrelle bats have a magnetic compass and calibrate it at sunset, according to a new study. An international team of researchers led by the University of Oldenburg has used behavioral experiments to show that two different components of the Earth'.....»»
Researchers observe a hallmark quantum behavior in bouncing droplets
In our everyday classical world, what you see is what you get. A ball is just a ball, and when lobbed through the air, its trajectory is straightforward and clear. But if that ball were shrunk to the size of an atom or smaller, its behavior would shi.....»»
A cause for "strange" behavior of cuprates discovered, with superconductor ramifications
A recent study published in Nature Communications by researchers from Politecnico di Milano, Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg and Sapienza University of Rome sheds light on one of the many mysteries of high-critical-temperature copper-b.....»»
Saturday Citations: Extragalactic stars in the Milky Way, more biolinguistic evidence and couples coping with COVID
This week we look at migratory stars, communicative children and how to make the best cup of coffee, as well as examining some of the latest COVID advice......»»
Future of 200 migratory bird species put at risk by cyclones and droughts
About 200 migratory bird species across the world—including swifts and eagles—are impacted by cyclones and droughts, and with these extreme weather events only set to worsen under a warming planet, the future of these species is at risk......»»
Review: PROTACs targeting epigenetic proteins
The field of epigenetics focuses on alterations in gene function that are inherited without changes in the DNA sequence, including histone modifications, post-translational modifications of amino acids, and covalent modifications of DNA bases. These.....»»
Physics behind unusual behavior of stars" super flares discovered
Our sun actively produces solar flares that can impact Earth, with the strongest flares having the capacity to cause blackouts and disrupt communications—potentially on a global scale. While solar flares can be powerful, they are insignificant comp.....»»
Here’s where people buy their iPhones, iPads, and Macs
In a report last year from CIRP, we learned that most iPhone purchases in the US happen at carriers, not Apple. And in March this year, we got a look at where iPad and Mac US sales are happening. Now CIRP is back to close out 2023 with a report that.....»»
Bird behavior study finds jays jump in while crows hold out for the treat
New research has found that two similar species of birds—both capable of displaying self-control through delayed gratification—behave very differently around their favorite food when they have company......»»
Companies are missing their climate goals with misaligned behavior, says study
The emissions pathways of most companies in high-emitting sectors are not aligned with the climate targets of the Paris Agreement. To better contribute to national and global sustainability efforts, corporate behavior must change. This is the main me.....»»
Luttinger"s theorem at the core of topological matter
In 1960, Joaquin Luttinger introduced a universal statement that relates the total number of particles that a system can accommodate to its behavior under low-energy excitations. While Luttinger's theorem is readily verified in systems of independent.....»»
Living Security Unify Go improves human risk management
Living Security announced Unify Go, a free tool for Living Security training customers that surfaces security vulnerabilities across the workforce by aggregating and correlating employee behavior across security training, phishing, and email security.....»»