There seems to be a level of implicit trust between gay men and straight women.
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Research shows that women are especially drawn to gay men in certain contexts.
The annual ‘Living Landscapes’ procession is aimed at raising awareness of the Cedarberg’s KhoiSan cultural heritage.
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Human population groups worldwide are highly homogeneous genetically. They are in fact 99.5% similar and their anatomical features vary in an uncorrelated fashion over the landscape.
These workers are working on behalf of their queen. But why?
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It’s long been a mystery how queen bees stop their workers from laying eggs. The solution comes from understanding a gene we call Anarchy.
According to creationists, the eyes of the great horned owl cannot be expained by Darwinian evolution.
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A new alternative for those questioning Darwinian evolution? Research suggests evolution itself is intelligent.
Beware the digital evolution.
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Science fiction has long warned of technology taking over the world. We’re increasingly connected to a digital world that’s growing, and more automated. So what if it starts to evolve?
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Researchers have found the first evidence that dinosaurs grew unusual features like crests and horns as a way of attracting a mate.
View of Port Jackson, Fort Macquarie and part of Sydney Cove, in 1836.
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Charles Darwin visited Australia 180 years ago, and while here, he had a revelation that helped spark his insight into evolution by natural selection.
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Robots that can reproduce could improve their design in ways we wouldn’t think of but still within our control.
A very different nativity scene.
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You might be surprised to hear that virgin births are possible - just not in humans. By the reason why remains an evolutionary mystery.
Artist’s reconstruction of a Red Deer Cave man.
Peter Schouten
A new study is rewriting our understanding of archaic humans and how they may have interacted with early humans.
Galapagos finch: evolution in action?
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Evolution doesn’t always take millions of years – sometimes it is very rapid indeed.
Conversation and the art of making your words count.
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We are only just starting to understand the linguistic tools that get stuff done, move us to tears, bore us to death, or make us dizzy with delight.
There goes some precious DNA….
Graeme Bird
Researchers want your canine’s DNA to help unravel the connections between genes and behavior – for dogs and human beings.
Look at me! They’re not called peacock spiders for nothing.
Maddie Girard
Biologists, along with most of the internet, have been puzzled as to why peacock spiders have such flamboyant courtship displays. So we decided to find out.
Scientific evidence shows overwhelmingly that people across the world are genetic refugees from Africa.
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Despite science refuting the existence of different human races, people have used “race” throughout history to divide and denigrate certain people while promoting their claims of superiority.
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The way our body’s immune system responds to allergens is very similar to the way it responds to parasitic worm infections – and some scientists have a theory for why.
Roaming Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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It’s an amazing evolution story happening in our backyards and forests – should this wily canid be called the eastern coyote a ‘coywolf’?
Many marine reptiles like this nothosaur went extinct at the end of the Triassic, one of five major mass extinction events on Earth.
Brian Choo
A fall in vital trace elements in our oceans could be one of the driving forces behind a number of mass extinction events during Earth’s history.
Both biology and culture likely contribute to our reproductive behaviour.
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Is a woman’s longing for a child evolution at work, or social conditioning? And what about those who don’t want kids? Are they defying nature? Probably not, as almost everyone wants sex.
Roaring ursine howler monkeys in Venezuela.
Carolyn M. Crockett
Social organisation plays a key role in the wide variation seen in the size of male howler monkey calls and the size of their testes.