That is, genetic mutations or recombinations in a parent bird could strengthen or weaken the instinct to bring food to the chicks and could do so differently in the two sexes of the same species. Those instincts are likely to have a big effect on the number of chicks that survive to ...
None of these studies articulates a theory ofcausation. All of them express a correlation between attributes and outcomes, and that's generally the best you can do when you don't understand what causes a given outcome. In thefirst case, for example, studies have shown that20% of start-ups...
However, now that people aren’t necessarily required to go into an office to be productive, why have we still seen a rise in shared workplaces at the same time? People are flocking to shared spaces because working alone can be restrictive for creativity and ideas. Leonardo da Vinci proved...
According to NOAA, tsunamis “have killed hundreds of thousands of people worldwide and caused billions of dollars in damage. They are equal opportunity destroyers: no coastal area in the world is entirely safe from them.” But if we have better maps and, hence, better models, we can more ...
Theory 1: Crocodiles Were Exceptionally Well-AdaptedWhereas dinosaurs came in all shapes and sizes-huge, elephant-legged sauropods, tiny,feathered dino-birds, towering, ravenous tyrannosaurs—crocodiles have stuck with pretty much thesame body plan for the last 200 million years (with the exception ...
The moas were the last of the giant species to vanish. A group of people known as the Māori were the first settlers of New Zealand. Between 1250 and 1350, the ancestors of theMāori huntedall of the 11 known Moa species to extinction. They used its eggshells as water carriers, while ...
Sadly, since I can't have my own farm anytime soon, I guess I will settle for enjoying other people's animals, which means frequenting petting zoos and farms is pretty common for us. Luckily, I don't have to drive far to pet all the animals I can fit into a day. ...
“[Religion] is their favorite toy. . . . I’m perfectly happy for people to have these toys, and to play with them at home and hug them to themselves and so on, andsharethem with other people who come round and play with the toys; and that’s absolutely fine. They are not to ...
Do we have the energy to be kind to ourselves? In our last article, we saw how human energy depletion could be a barrier to kindness when we simply don’t have enough in the tank to give... null What my first TEDxSydney event taught me about people and ideas “It all comes d...
Those areas cover people's social, biological, and economic environments and have been recognised as the main indicators contributing to the human development index [3] and human security index [4]. Sustainable development, then, includes any such innovation or growth that does not compromise the ...