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Motivation through punishment may not work
Scolding does not necessarily cause a change of behaviour as researchers at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Würzburg have found.
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The LHCb experiment is charmed to announce observation of a new particle with two...
XICC_LHCb discovery (00006)
Credit: Copyright CERN
Today at the EPS Conference on High Energy Physics in Venice, the LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider has...
Changes in brain regions may explain why some prefer order and certainty
A UCLA study has identified changes in brain regions that may hold a key to why some people prefer order and organization and others...
Winging it: How do bats out-maneuver their prey?
Brown long-eared bat swooping in for a tasty treat.
Credit: Prof Anders Hedenström
Bats catch food 'on the wing' without touching the ground, but how do...
Spotted owls benefit from forest fire mosaic
California spotted owls in Yosemite National Park benefit from a habitat mosaic created by fire.
Credit: S. Eyes
Fire is a crucial part of the forest...
Yosemite forest fire example of possible things to come
An area burned at low severity in the Rim Fire, as photographed in the summer of 2014.
Credit: Reed Crane, U.S. Forest Service
Forest composition, ground...
Birds’ migration genes are conditioned by geography
The key to the willow warblers' differing migration patterns probably lies in their genes.
Credit: Max Lundberg
The genetic make-up of a willow warbler determines where...
Canadian and European boreal forests differ but neither is immune to climate change
The Canadian boreal forest is dominated by the 10-year snowshoe hare cycle.
Credit: University of Toronto Scarborough
Rudy Boonstra has been doing field research in Canada's...
New insights into how the mind influences the body
The findings of this study shed new light on how stress, depression and other mental states can alter organ function, and show that there...
Milky Way could have 100 billion brown dwarfs
Artist's impression of a T-type brown dwarf.
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech
Our galaxy could have 100 billion brown dwarfs or more, according to work by an...
Your hands may reveal the struggle to maintain self-control
It takes just a few seconds to choose a cookie over an apple and wreck your diet for the day.
Credit: Jeff Grabmeier
It takes just...
