Animal pairs engage in mutual signaling by simultaneously performing a diverse repertoire of behaviors. A famous example is the sophisticated dance (mutual displays) performed by bird pairs.
An Indian captain, Ajay Pant, has been arrested in the UK and charged with breaching sanctions after his Russian oil tanker was intercepted in the English Channel. The vessel, en route to India, was found to be stateless. Pant's family in Uttarakhand has appealed to the Indian government for hi...
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Sudden cardiac arrest is statistically rare but among the leading causes of death for children and young people. And families often have no idea of the risk until it’s too late Before Alexandra Thoms goes to sleep, she puts together a flat-pack dining table with her father, Gordon. She needs th...
Genes are not passed on exclusively from parents to their offspring. Some are mobile and can also jump to other species, as researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen have now shown. The direct observation of a jumping gene provides the first evidence that such ge...