Tumblr'sCEO, Jeff D'Onofrio, said: "There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community." It seems that with this new change, youth who want to enc...
There are good algae, and then there are bad algae called "Harmful Algal Blooms" or HABS. Discerning the difference can be challenging. The Montana Department of Health and Human Services (DPHHS) provides sometips on identification HERE. They wrote, HABs appear as “pea soup”, “grass clippi...
Some animals are reviled due to their resemblance to "primary disgusting things" such as mucus or faeces, Davey said, while others are perceived—rightly or wrongly—to pose a direct danger to the beholder. "In terms of threat to humankind, disease and illness are bigger than being attacked ...
And even though ambient temperatures are lower at night than during the day, overnight temperature lows in Tokyo can still be close to 30℃ in August. Another major factor, relevant in day time as well as night time conditions, is humidity. The process of sweat evaporating from the skin is...
Holiday rituals are the perfect recipe for family harmony. Sure, you might need to take three flights to get there, and they will almost certainly be delayed. And your uncle is bound to get drunk and start a political argument with his son-in-law again. But according to Nobel Laureate Da...
So when ordinary people see bad things happening to good people, pitching in a few dollars feels good enough. Pitching in a few dollars to punish a bad person who has been unjustly rewarded, however, doesn't cut it; only when people feel that their actions are guaranteed to send an effec...
Another reason we are so keen to believe in conspiracy theories is that we are social animals and our status in that society is much more important (from an evolutionary standpoint) than being right. Consequently we constantly compare our actions and beliefs to those of our peers, and then al...
In most animals, females are larger than males, but in most mammals, males are larger than females. A new analysis published inMammal Reviewexamines the potential drivers of these differences. In most animals, females are larger thanmales, but in most mammals, males are larger than females. A...
bad press that surrounds the use of soybeans, the archetypal modern animal feed ingredient,demonisedfor its role in deforestation in the forests and savannahs of Latin America. Media headlines criticising the livestock sector for its impact on the environment are becoming all too familiar – on a...
so there is variation in the population. They must also be able to pass this variation on to offspring. Finally, individuals must compete for resources that limit the number of offspring they can produce. Individuals with variations that allow them to obtain more resources are likely to produce...