Life
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Neuroscience
One sleepless night weakens resolve in the face of doughnuts
Sleep loss changes brain activity and food preferences.
- Animals
Spider’s personality matters when job hunting
Boldest individuals of social species tasked with seeking out prey.
- Life
Evolution of mammalian monogamy remains mysterious
Two large studies reach opposing conclusions about why males stay with females.
- Neuroscience
Camping resets internal clock
After a week in the wild, people went to bed and got up earlier.
- Life
Tigers meet, mix in forest corridors
In India, narrow strips of wild land connect small groups of cats.
- Animals
Oxygen boost aided carnivore evolution in Cambrian explosion
Atmospheric change and rise of predators caused burst in complexity of life.
- Neuroscience
Brainwashed
The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience by Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld.
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- Life
A flash of light implants false memories in mice
Researchers alter rodents' recollections by exciting just a few neurons.
- Animals
Eye-tracking cameras show peahens’ wandering gaze
Data show that female birds are not so riveted by their suitors’ magnificence
- Life
Rogue genes on X chromosome turn on in testicles
Chunks of rapidly evolving DNA could affect sperm production in males.
