12-12-03 Paternal recognition -- being able to identify males from your father's line -- is important for the avoidance of inbreeding（近亲交配） , and one way that mammals can do this is through recognizing the calls of paternal kin. This was thought to occ...

12-08-31 Bacteria in hyenas' scent glands may be the key controllers of communication. The results, featured in the current issue of Scientific Reports, show a clear relationship between the diversity of hyena clans and the distinct microbial communities tha...

12-06-20 Individuals in some species learn information about food, predators, and potential mates indirectly from conspecifics（同种个体） , without taking unnecessary risks by learning directly for themselves ('social learning'). Sarah Zala and Dustin Penn...

12-06-11 South Korea has appointed a team of people to scan the internet for suicide-related material as part of a move to cut suicide rates. 韩国已指派一组人员在网络中搜查与自杀相关的材料，这是为降低自杀率而采取的行动之一。 The 100-strong group of watchdogs...

12-05-11 Social jetlag（时差综合症） -- a syndrome related to the mismatch between the body's internal clock and the realities of our daily schedules -- does more than make us sleepy. It is also contributing to the growing tide of obesity, according to a lar...

12-04-24 Social jet lag refers to the feeling of being very tired when you return to work after a holiday, especially because of changes to your sleeping pattern. Social jet lag指休假结束返回工作岗位时的倦怠感，主要是由睡眠模式的变化引起的，称为假后返工时差...

12-04-19 In a dog-eat-dog world of ruthless（无情的） competition and 'survival of the fittest,' new research from the University of Leicester reveals that individuals are genetically programmed to work together and cooperate with those who most resemble（类...

12-04-10 The ranking of a monkey within her social environment and the stress accompanying that status dramatically alters the expression of nearly 1,000 genes, a new scientific study reports. The research is the first to demonstrate a link between social st...

12-04-07 To the dismay of some, Facebook has no Dislike button. But a new application for the social network may prove to be the next-best thing. Facebook没有不喜欢这个选项，这真让一些人大失所望。但一款针对社交网站的新应用程序或许会成为退而求其次的不错选择。...

12-03-03 Users of online social network sites such as Facebook are editing their pages and tightening their privacy settings to protect their reputations in the age of digital sharing, according to a new survey. 一项新调查显示，Facebook等社交网站的用户为了在...