Trait adaptations in a Tibetan saber-toothed cat
Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a new study details unique findings, analysis and interpretation of saber-toothed cat fossils, offering a glimpse into how the fierce apex predators operated on the high plains of its native enviro.....»»
Looking for musical abilities in primates
Songbirds share the human sense of rhythm, but it is a rare trait in non-human mammals. An international research team led by senior investigators Marco Gamba from the University of Turin and MPI's Andrea Ravignani set out to look for musical abiliti.....»»
Disturbing Answers to the Mystery of Tuskless Female Elephants
When poaching abounds, a genetic trait for tusklessness is selected for -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
SnowRunner Update 1.27 Hits PS4 With Truck Improvements & Bug Fixes
The SnowRunner update 1.27 patch notes have been announced by Saber Interactive, bringing more bug fixes and truck improvements. The post SnowRunner Update 1.27 Hits PS4 With Truck Improvements & Bug Fixes appeared first on PlayStation Universe......»»
How climate change affects animal behavior
Humans are shaping environments at an accelerating rate. Indeed, one of the most important current topics of research is the capacity of animals to adapt to human-induced environmental change and how that change affects the expression of animal trait.....»»
How human disease-causing genes prevent adaptations to remove them
Scientists have identified a new detrimental effect of genes that cause inherited diseases, publishing their results today in eLife......»»
Sex Education: The Best Trait Of Each Main Character
Sex Education features a large cast of well-rounded characters that have become beloved by the show's fans. In season 3, the show developed many of the established characters such as Otis and Maeve even further, taking them d.....»»
Why sweet-toothed possums graze on stressed, sickly-looking trees
From time to time, I'm contacted by people who have a favorite garden tree that seems suddenly to be in serious decline and lacking healthy foliage. Often the decline has been occurring over many months, but when first noticed, the change seems to ha.....»»
Beat Saber Update 1.47 Hits PSVR With Billie Eilish DLC Support
The Beat Saber update 1.47 patch notes have been revealed by Beat Games, and includes support for Billie Eilish track DLC. The post Beat Saber Update 1.47 Hits PSVR With Billie Eilish DLC Support appeared first on PlayStation Universe. Beat Game.....»»
Site on Tibetan Plateau shows promise as a place for next-generation large telescope
A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across China has found that a site on the Tibetan Plateau shows promise as a home for a next-generation large telescope. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the researchers desc.....»»
Can East Asian monsoon enhancement induce global cooling?
The study of the orogenic effects of the Tibetan Plateau uplift on global climate during the Cenozoic has focused almost exclusively on the India-Asia collision zone, the Himalayas. The strong erosion in the Himalayas was assumed to be a primary driv.....»»
The MCU that never was: Marvel movies that (thankfully) never got made - CNET
Before Scarlett Johansson played Black Widow, the role could have gone to... David Bowie's wife. Here are weird and wonderful adaptations that never happened......»»
Cattle losing adaptations to environmental stressors, researchers find
As a fourth-generation cattle farmer, Jared Decker knows that cattle suffer from health and productivity issues when they are taken from one environment—which the herd has spent generations adapting to—to a place with a different climate, a diffe.....»»
15,000-Year-Old Viruses Discovered In Tibetan Glacier Ice
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ohio State News: Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had r.....»»
15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier ice
Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been cata.....»»
Tree-ring records reveal Asian monsoon variability
Chinese researchers along with international colleagues recently reported a 6,700-year-long, precisely dated and well-calibrated tree-ring stable isotope chronology from the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. It reveals full-frequency precipitation variab.....»»
Workforce resilience is dynamic, not a static character trait
A new study finds that resilience is a dynamic process, rather than a fixed trait—and suggests this may have significant ramifications for the business world......»»
Dogs may not return their owners" good deeds
Domestic dogs show many adaptations to living closely with humans, but they do not seem to reciprocate food-giving according to a study, publishing July 14 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, led by Jim McGetrick and colleagues at the University of.....»»
Relationship between chromosomal instability and senescence revealed in the fly Drosophila
Researchers have revealed the mechanisms by which cells enter senescence because of an imbalance in the number of chromosomes. Chromosomal instability is a common trait in most solid tumors, such as carcinoma, and fully understanding its relationship.....»»
Dolphin species that live together do not necessarily compete for food
A new molecular method reveals how different species of toothed whales compete for prey and which food they choose in each other's company. Marine scientists from NIOZ recently published their work in the scientific magazine Environmental Research......»»
Researchers use phylogenetics to untangle convergent adaptation in birds
Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues have shown that adaptation to similar environments hardly involves similar genomic positions when species are distantly related. The team investigated recurrent adaptations of wildlife birds' mitochondri.....»»