Research: If the birds can expect a larger profit in the future, they foregoe...

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. "If the birds can expect a larger profit in the future, they foregoe their desire for immediate reward."...

Research: One out of three rivers in the Iberian Peninsula is affected by salinization...

These are some of the red lines revealed in the special volume on salinization in water ecosystems, published this December in the journal...

Research: Australian study into how seals react to boats prompts new ecotourism regulations —

Unable to differentiate between a predator and a tourist boat carrying humans curious to view a colony of seals while resting in their...

Research: 11,500-year-old animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt —

11,500 years ago in what is now northeast Jordan, people began to live alongside dogs and may also have used them for hunting,...

Research: New foldable drone flies through narrow holes in rescue missions —

Inspecting a damaged building after an earthquake or during a fire is exactly the kind of job that human rescuers would like drones...

Research: Genetic roadmap of cultivated strawberry —

Consumers want strawberries to be red, sweet, ripe and juicy, like those fresh picked from a garden. Suppliers want them to be easy...

Research: Study could shed light on harmful bacteria that share antibiotic resistance genes —

Bacteria may travel thousands of miles through the air worldwide instead of hitching rides with people and animals, according to Rutgers and other...

Research: Storm did damage with no recorded precedent, a tree census shows —

A new study shows that damage inflicted on trees in Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria was unprecedented in modern times, and suggests that...

Research: Bioengineers program cells as digital signal processors —

Synthetic biologists have added high-precision analog-to-digital signal processing to the genetic circuitry of living cells. The research, described online today in the journal...

Research: New study identifies molecular aging ‘midlife crisis’ —

Just as a computer requires code to work, our bodies are regulated by molecular "programs" that are written early in life and then...

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