Among gregarious animals, it is well-established that socially dominant individuals are able to use their status to leverage resources, resulting in better long-term survival relative…
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Today, a growing number of countries are battling the rise in both air pollution and childhood hypertension. Often when air pollution and childhood hypertension are…
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One of the most spectacular scenes one can witness in a tropical rainforest is the swarming of army-ants as they scavenge for prey. As hundreds…
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When looking at paintings at the museum, the observer’s attention is literally captured by the colors, the forms, the feelings expressed by the artist. In…
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Chitosan, the second-most abundant natural polysaccharide, is a cationic polymer widely used for the preparation of particles, hydrogels, or scaffolds intended for biomedical purposes [1,2]. All…
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Energy. It’s more complicated than the single word can portray. After all, anything and everything that we do requires energy. The transformation is often not…
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Bamiyan, Afghanistan, is hardly the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of Jewish life in the Middle Ages. If the world has…
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Today, depression is so common in industrialized nations that nearly one in eight people will suffer from it at some point in their life. Patients…
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Many species of animals have elaborate sexual performances to attract mates. These complicated mating displays are often observable in multiple sensory modalities. Many species of…
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Acid drainage (AD) refers to the effluent from mining, metallurgy, and various other industrial operations, including tanneries, electroplating, power plants, and battery manufacturing. AD is…
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Different habitats may impose different limitations on how acoustic communication signals are sent and received. For example, think of how you change your voice when…
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