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Animal CognitionPuppies don't pick up on yawns
Do you get tired when others yawn? Does your dog get tired when you yawn? New research from Lund University establishes that dogs catch yawns from humans. But not if the dogs are too young. The study, published in Springer's journal Animal Cognition, found that, like humans, dogs show a developmental trend in susceptibility to contagious yawning.
Centre for Cognitive Semiotics, Lund University, Elisabeth Rausings Minnesfond
Contact: Joan Robinson
joan.robinson@springer.com
49-622-148-78130
Springer
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Current BiologyA whale with a distinctly human-like voice
For the first time, researchers have been able to show by acoustic analysis that whales--or at least one very special white whale--can imitate the voices of humans. That's a surprise, because whales typically produce sounds in a manner that is wholly different from humans, say researchers who report their findings in the Oct. 23 issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
Contact: Elisabeth (Lisa) Lyons
elyons@cell.com
617-386-2121
Cell Press
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PLOS ONEDolphins can remain alert for up to 15 days at a time with no sign of fatigue
Dolphins sleep with only one half of their brains at a time, and according to new research published Oct. 17 in the open access journal PLOS ONE, this trait allows them to stay constantly alert for at least 15 days in a row.
Contact: Jyoti Madhusoodanan
jmadhusoodanan@plos.org
415-568-4545 x187
Public Library of Science
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Fostering tomorrow's scientific breakthroughs: New American Chemical Society video
A new episode in the American Chemical Society's popular Prized Science video series features a virtuoso in teaching the next generation of scientists, who must discover tomorrow's life-saving medicines and new fuels and help solve other global challenges. The videos from the world's largest scientific society are available at www.acs.org/PrizedScience and by request on DVD.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
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For materials science burlesque, Australian researcher wins Science's 'Dance Your Ph.D.' contest
This is the fifth year of the "Dance Your Ph.D." contest sponsored by Science and AAAS. The contest challenges scientists around the world to explain their research through the most jargon-free medium available: interpretive dance. The 36 Ph.D. dances submitted this year include everything from ballet and breakdancing to flaming hula hoops.
Contact: Jennifer Anderson
janderso@aaas.org
202-326-6466
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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UT study: Natural playgrounds more beneficial to children, inspire more play
Children who play on playgrounds that incorporate natural elements like logs and flowers tend to be more active than those who play on traditional playgrounds with metal and brightly colored equipment, according to a recent study from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Contact: Lola Alapo
lola.alapo@tennessee.edu
865-974-3993
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
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CognitionThe Marshmallow Study revisited
For the past four decades, the "marshmallow test" has served as a classic experimental measure of children's self-control: will a preschooler eat one of the fluffy white confections now or hold out for two later? Now a new study demonstrates that being able to delay gratification is influenced as much by the environment as by innate ability.
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, J.S. McDonnell Foundation
Contact: Susan Hagen
susan.hagen@rochester.edu
585-567-5945
University of Rochester
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Fox squirrels show long-term investment savvy when hoarding nuts
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are gathering evidence this fall that the feisty fox squirrels scampering around campus are not just mindlessly foraging for food, but engaging in a long-term savings strategy. Humans could learn something about padding their nest eggs from squirrels' diversification efforts. Of course, with squirrels, it's not about money, but about nuts.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Yasmin Anwar
yanwar@berkeley.edu
510-643-7944
University of California - Berkeley
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ZooKeysNew fanged dwarf dinosaur from southern Africa ate plants
With tiny 1-inch long jaws, a new species of plant-eater has come to light in rocks in southern Africa dating to the early dinosaur era, some 200 million years ago. This "punk-sized" herbivore is one of a menagerie of bizarre, tiny, fanged plant-eaters called heterodontosaurs, or "different toothed reptiles", that were among the first dinosaurs to spread across the planet.
Contact: Steve Koppes
skoppes@uchicago.edu
773-702-8366
Pensoft Publishers
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Hydroponic gardening initiative for Boston youths blooms with NSF grant
A $250,000 NSF grant will allow Boston College professor of education Mike Barnett, the Salvation Army's Kroc Center and the Boston STEM Garden Initiative to launch Boston's largest youth hydroponic gardening project. Produce will be sold at neighborhood farmers' markets and used to feed the needy.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ed Hayward
ed.hayward@bc.edu
617-552-4826
Boston College
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