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Males have greater reproductive success if they spend more time taking care of kids | Stacy Rosenbaum

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 15, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Males have greater reproductive success if they spend more time taking care of kids -- and not necessarily only their own, according to new research published by anthropologists at Northwestern University. In a previous study, the researchers found that wild male mountain gorillas living in Rwanda do something that is quite unusual for a mamma ...

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That Single Line of Blood: Nassir al-Mosabeh and Mohammed al-Durrah | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 10, 2018 As the frail body of 12-year-old Nassir Al-Mosabeh fell to the ground on Friday, Sept. 28, history was repeating itself in a most tragic ...

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Too much sleep bad for brain, study says | Conor Wild

Credit: University of Western Ontario Oct. 9, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Preliminary results from the world's largest sleep study have shown that people who sleep on average between seven to eight hours ...

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A break from the buzz—bees go silent during total solar eclipse | Candace Galen

A study conducted during the 2017 total solar eclipse in North America found that bees remained active during the partial-eclipse phases both before and after the period of totality, but they essenti ...

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Global warming will hike mental health woes, study finds | Nick Obradovich

Oct. 10, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Mental health problems will increase as temperatures rise due to climate change, a new study warns. The researchers said that over five years, a 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degr ...

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Researchers uncover security gaps in the 5G mobile communication standard | Markus Gross

The 5G mobile radio standard still needs to be improved. Image: europeansanctions.com Oct. 10, 2018 (TechXplore) -- Researchers in the Information Security Group subjected the upcoming 5G mobile comm ...

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Oysters at risk from changing climate | Yoann Thomas

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 9, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Climate change's effect on coastal ecosystems is very likely to increase mortality risks of adult oyster populations in the next 20 years. That is ...

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Affable apes live longer | Drew M Altschul

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 9, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Male chimps that are less aggressive and form strong social bonds tend to live longer, research suggests. A study of hundreds of captive chimpanze ...

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A warmer climate will also be a drier climate, with negative impacts on forest growth | Peter B. Reich

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 9, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Warmer temperatures brought on by climate change will lead to drier soils and reduce tree photosynthesis and growth in forests later this century, ...

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The Two Party Food Fight | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 8, 2018 File: Yoo memo.pdf: The Torture Memos, sometimes called the Bybee Memo or 8/1/02 Interrogation Opinion, was a term originally a ...

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Global sea level could rise 15 meters by 2300 | Benjamin P. Horton

Parts of New Jersey and New York with 8 feet of sea-level rise. An almost 8-foot rise is possible by 2100 under a worst-case scenario, according to projections. The light-blue areas show the extent o ...

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