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- Social conformity despite individual preferences for distinctiveness http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/2/3/140437 9 comments
- Wild jackdaws are wary of objects that violate expectations of animacy http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/5/10/181070 3 comments science
- Committing to quantum resistance: a slow defence for Bitcoin against a fast quantum computing attack http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/5/6/180410 33 comments btc
- The effect of domestication on post-conflict management: wolves reconcile while dogs avoid each other http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/5/7/171553 5 comments science
- Long legs turn women's heads, arm length immaterial: study http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/lookup/doi/10.1098/rsos.171790 6 comments science
- Body odour disgust sensitivity predicts authoritarian attitudes http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royopensci/5/2/171091.full.pdf 5 comments science
- Atypical experiences of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are associated with higher hair cortisol concentrations as adults http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/12/170932 3 comments science
- Biologists say a recently discovered fossil shows transition of a reptile from life on land to life in the sea http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/11/170570 8 comments science
- New study on emotional valence of musical chords through lyrics found that the most positive emotions were conveyed by seventh chords. Asian songs were more positive than North American, and Scandinavian more negative. Positive music and lyrics peaked in 1950s, but is on the rebound since 2010s. http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/11/170952 6 comments science
- Study shows whales dive deeper and longer when exposed to human produced sonar http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/8/170629 13 comments science
- The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris ~ (There is 10,000 times more plastic in the deep sea than in surface waters) http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/1/4/140317 7 comments science
- Chimpanzees are more likely to reproduce with mates whose genetic makeup most differs from their own, and are unusual in that even among nonrelatives and virtual strangers they can tell genetically similar mates from more distant ones, finds Duke evolutionary anthropologists in a new study. http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/1/160422 5 comments science
- Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world's mammals: 7% of the world's land mammals are being eaten into extinction http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/10/160498 12 comments science
- New research shows that giant manta rays, known only to consume plankton near the ocean surface, are far more predatory than we thought, swimming to extreme depths to catch their prey. http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/11/160717 7 comments science
- Fossil skulls reveal that blood flow rate to the brain increased faster than brain volume during human evolution http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/8/160305 3 comments cogsci
- Study: Farm-raised salmon suffer from depression http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royopensci/3/5/160030.full.pdf 6 comments science
- A small but novel study of hunter-gatherers concludes that teaching is part of the human genome, that it is a part of our human nature, researchers say. http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/1/150403 7 comments science
- Ancient roots of Indo-European folktales analyzed by phylogenetic analysis (a potential PIE folktale found!) http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/1/150645 6 comments history
- [Research Article] "If you use p=0.05 to suggest that you have made a discovery, you will be wrong at least 30% of the time." http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/1/3/140216 21 comments statistics
- Rats see pain in other rats' faces-- and react. http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/2/4/140381 4 comments science