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Urban swans' genes make them plucky Posted: 11 Dec 2015 10:01 AM PST Swans' wariness is partly determined by their genes, new research shows. The research suggests that swans which are genetically predisposed to be timid are more likely to live in non-urban areas, and the findings could have important implications for releasing animals bred in captivity into the wild. |
Is seeing believing? People are not good at identifying where sights, sounds originate Posted: 09 Dec 2015 07:52 AM PST Our memory can deceive us, but surely we can trust our vision and hearing, can't we? No, they are not very reliable, either, life scientists report, suggesting that our basic sensory representation of the world is inaccurate -- how information from our eyes and ears is represented by neurons in the brain. |
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