Group living means safety from predators but nastier diseases for guppies

Birds of a feather flock together, but when guppies gather, they get really bad worms. …

Research shows that weekly markets in Catalonia are a space for creativity and diversity

As part of the European project Moving Marketplaces, the postdoctoral researcher Maria Lindmäe, a member of…

Did democracy have a separate origin in the Americas?

Democracy is widely understood to have arisen in the Mediterranean world about 2,500 years ago before…

World's first ultra-fast photonic computing processor using polarization

In a paper published today in Science Advances, researchers at the University of Oxford have developed…

2010 Deepwater Horizon accident did not harm BP's long-term stock market returns

A new analysis of the aftermath of the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident suggests that, while…

Dog-owner relationship appears similar for dogs born in Canada versus imported there

Contrary to some beliefs about internationally sourced dogs, a new survey analysis has found no evidence…

All-optical switching on a nanometer scale

Ultrafast light-driven control of magnetization on the nanometer length scale is key to achieve competitive bit…

AI reveals scale of eelgrass vulnerability to warming, disease

A combination of ecological field methods and cutting-edge artificial intelligence has helped an interdisciplinary research group…

Researchers discover crocodile species that likely preyed on human ancestors

Millions of years ago, giant dwarf crocodiles roamed a part of Africa with a taste for…

Teacher and principal stress running at twice the rate of general working public, hindering pandemic recovery

U.S. teachers and principals are experiencing frequent job-related stress at a rate about twice that of…