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- Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided? http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1754/20122845 5 comments
- Top carnivores increase their kill rates as a response to human-induced fear http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1802/20142711 15 comments
- Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided? http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1754/20122845.full 14 comments
- Experimental proof of the number of faces a person can recognize http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1888/20181319 3 comments science
- Researchers estimate that humans, on average, can recognize around 5000 faces http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1888/20181319 9 comments science
- Bonobos voluntarily hand food to others but not toys or tools http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1886/20181536 9 comments science
- The lower your social class, the ‘wiser’ you are, suggests new study http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1869/20171870 27 comments science
- A study of marmots finds that individuals who are less social and more isolated live longer than those who are more social and less isolated. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1871/20171934 10 comments science
- Humans can spot small signs of sickness at a glance, by using a host of facial cues – visible just hours after an infection starts – to avoid contracting illnesses from others, finds new double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1870/20172430 32 comments science
- Human males and females differ far more in appearance than most other monogamous primates http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1866/20171320 9 comments science
- Researchers find that a steady diet of corn is turning wild hamsters in northeastern France into deranged cannibals that devour their offspring http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1847/20162168 805 comments science
- Newly discovered "crypt keeper" wasp manipulates its host into making and plugging a hole in a branch, then tunnels through its head before bursting out of the crypt. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1847/20162365 72 comments science
- The correlated evolution of antipredator defences and brain size in mammals http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1846/20161857 8 comments science
- Many species will not be able to adapt fast enough to survive climate change, say scientists. A study of more than 50 plants and animals suggests their ability to adapt to changes in rainfall and temperature will be vastly outpaced by future climate change http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1843/20162104 8 comments science
- Mussel shells are getting thinner and thinner http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1832/20160392 3 comments science
- Stone Age humans brought deer to Scotland by sea: DNA reveals the animals were introduced by boat - and may have come from as far as the Mediterranean http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1828/20160095 23 comments science
- Ant parasitic tapeworm induces behavioural changes in uninfected group members of its social host http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1819/20151473 5 comments science
- Study suggests trends towards obesity are occurring in 12 widely varied populations of 8 species (other than humans). Raises questions about what's causing this... http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/278/1712/1626.short 56 comments science
- "chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), possess the domain-general cognitive skills needed to cook." http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royprsb/282/1809/20150229.full.pdf 4 comments science
- Marsh rabbit mortalities tie pythons to the precipitous decline of mammals in the Everglades. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1805/20150120 35 comments science
- Teenage fathers and mental health: Elevated germline mutation rate in teenage fathers http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1803/20142898 4 comments science
- Top carnivores increase their kill rates on prey as a response to human-induced fear http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1802/20142711 12 comments science
- Yield gap between organic and conventional farming methods smaller than previously thought http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1799/20141396 3 comments science
- Credible genetic analysis of two hair samples (25025 and 25191) claimed to be from a yeti, bigfoot and other anomalous primates linked to a Pleistocene polar bear (Ursus maritimus) that is presumed to have been extinct for more than 40,000 years. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1789/20140161.full.html 5 comments science
- Study shows that, given the opportunity, wild mice run on wheels just as much as captive laboratory mice do http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1786/20140210.full.pdf+html 133 comments science
- Male cognitive performance declines in the absence of sexual selection in male Drosophila melanogaster. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1781/20132873 8 comments science
- Slug's use penis dart to stab a mate in the head, and change their behaviour. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1774/20132424 7 comments science
- Beyond the Burgess Shale: Cambrian microfossils track the rise and fall of hallucigeniid lobopodians http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1767/20131613.full?keytype=ref&ijkey=5jhmaiclazrwhnx 3 comments science
- A diminutive species of human whose remains were found on the Indonesian island of Flores could have shrunk as a result of island dwarfism as it adapted to its environment. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1760/20130338 6 comments science
- The strategy of psychopathy: "Individuals scoring higher on [callous affect and interpersonal manipulation] defected conditionally on two kinds of low-value partners: those who interrupted them more during the conversation, and those with whom they failed to discover cues to future interaction" http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1757/20122773 5 comments science
- "Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?", by Paul and Anne Ehrlich. A terrifying and fascinating read. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1754/20122845.full.pdf 34 comments science
- Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided? http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1754/20122845 3 comments science
- Scientists find that the harlequin ladybug cooks up a pharmacy's worth of antimicrobial compounds to protect itself against disease -- protein-coding genes revealed roughly 50 that help manufacture antimicrobial peptides, compared with 16 such genes identified in the red flour beetle http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1750/20122113.full.pdf 23 comments science
- Chimps are Self-Aware, Says New Research http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/278/1725/3694.full?sid=cd8c01a3-39f7-45c2-9d29-faf75659c535 4 comments science
- New study says language not as hierarchical as previously thought. What do you say, NLP people? http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/09/05/rspb.2012.1741.short?rss=1 3 comments compsci
- Does Time Slow Down For Elite Athletes? http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/09/04/rspb.2012.1339 9 comments science
- Hunley et al. 2012 -- Rejection of a serial founder effects model of genetic and linguistic coevolution http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/01/24/rspb.2011.2296.short 13 comments linguistics
- Networks uncover hidden lexical borrowing in Indo-European language evolution http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/11/23/rspb.2010.1917.short?rss=1 12 comments linguistics
- Domesticated and Research Animals Have Gained Body Mass In Parallel With Humans For Decades; Suggests Something More Than 'People Eat Too Much' May Be Driving Obesity Crisis http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/11/19/rspb.2010.1890.abstract?papetoc 11 comments science
- Effects of stress on human mating preferences: stressed individuals prefer dissimilar mates — Proceedings British royal Society http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/03/04/rspb.2010.0258.abstract# 16 comments cogsci