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1 month ago

Pharmaceutical pollution messes with salmon behavior

Drugs that act on our minds often target parts of the brain shared by many species, meaning they can influence the behavior of other animals.
Mental health
fromIntelligencer
2 months ago

The Fight Over Centenarians and Blue Zones

"In 2016, Saul Newman was a clean-shaven 31-year-old working in a sterile glass box in Canberra, Australia, part of a lab where geneticists probed the internal mysteries of wheat."
OMG science
Alternative medicine
fromNature
2 months ago

How 'animal methods bias' is affecting research careers

Animal-methods bias occurs when researchers prefer animal-based methods over available non-animal alternatives, impacting study design and funding.
Frustration exists among researchers using animal-free models due to peer-review pushback favoring animal studies.
Pets
fromWashington Post
7 years ago

Wounded pigs and dehydrated ducks: Questions arise about how the Agriculture Department treats its animals

USDA faces backlash for poor animal treatment in labs, including euthanasia of healthy kittens and neglect of various animals.
fromwww.npr.org
4 months ago

A new study finds peeing is contagious among chimpanzees

A dedicated graduate student at Kyoto University observed that urination behavior among captive chimpanzees appeared to be contagious, leading to new insights in animal behavior.
Science
fromwww.npr.org
10 months ago

A study finds that dogs can smell your stress and make decisions accordingly

Dogs can sense human stress, learning to identify threats in the environment. Research involved exposing dogs to stress odors to observe emotional impact.
US news
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