Moving beyond total annihilation in dealing with invasive species
Sometimes, eradicating invasive species causes ecological destruction, too.
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Kate Shaw Yoshida
Associate Writer
kate.shaw@meincmagazine.com
Kate is a freelance contributor to Ars Technica. She recently received a dual Ph.D. in Zoology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior from Michigan State University, spending much of her graduate career following the daily trials and tribulations of a motley crew of spotted hyenas in Kenya. Finally retired from chasing carnivores, she has settled down in Southern Nevada and is pursuing a career in science writing.
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Elephants use their smarts to cope with human threats
Elephants know which human voices represent threats and warn each other.
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Americans have no idea how much water they’re using
They also think everyone else should be efficient while they simply conserve.
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People pay more when celebrities leave a magical mark on memorabilia
Not signatures; auction prices depend on a sense of personal contact and contagion.
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Who needs sunlight? In Arizona, solar power never sleeps
Ars visits the Solana solar thermal power plant, newly online in October.
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Researchers try whale-watching via satellite
Viewing cetaceans from space may have its advantages over standing on the deck.
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Crazy ants take on fire ants and win
Crazy enough to use their own venom to detoxify that of a fire ant.
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Seeing science: The year’s best visualizations
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One of the strangest animals on earth gets a little weirder
Despite having 12 photoreceptors, mantis shrimp aren’t great at sensing color.
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Men know how to strategically piss off their opponents
Anger your opponent before tests of self-control, not feats of strength.
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Energy-hungry suburbs eat up urban savings
The exceptions: the suburbs of New York and LA.
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Down under, deception runs rampant
Australia may have a disproportionate number of species that fake others out.
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Will your marriage be a happy one? Only your subconscious will tell
Our deepest, darkest feelings affect how we interact with our spouses.
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Successful killing by stealthy seahorses comes down to their snouts
The animal’s head creates almost no disturbance in the surrounding water.
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In the wake of a natural disaster, donation decisions aren’t clear-cut
It’s $9,000 a fatality, regardless of how many still need help.
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Babies’ eyes may hold early clues about autism
In babies that would go on to develop autism, eye contact became less frequent.
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Do bees know what they don’t know?
When faced with a decision they’re likely to get wrong, bees opt out.
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Snakes on the brain
Monkeys have neurons that respond strongly to images of snakes.
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NFL players benched due to head injuries have altered brain connections
Research methodology could serve as early warning sign for cognitive problems.
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Frisky male mice find youngsters’ tears a turn-off
Pheromone in tears keeps males from trying to mate with immature mice.
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Forget Venus and Mars, we’re beginning to understand gender behavior on Earth
We may never know every subtle difference, but gender research is coming a long way.
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Giant gobs of earwax tell a whale of a tale
A life history of hormones and pollutants preserved in a blue whale’s ear wax.
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Size may matter, at least when it comes to parenting
Men with larger testes show less involvement in their offsprings’ care.
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Online comment systems reveal multiple layers of social bias
It’s not just a dogpile online (though that does happen).
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When decisions are tough, it pays to think as a colony
Individual ants do well on easy decisions, but tackling tough ones takes a group.
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Lizards rewind the evolutionary clock but end up the same every time
Different islands but same habitats yielded very similar species.
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Everything looks bigger when you’re a virtual child
Inhabiting a VR infant’s body returns you to when everything looked enormous.
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Not yet gone, but effectively extinct
A small drop in one species’ population can drive others to actually die out.
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Why good deeds don’t go unpunished
Being overly generous can get you punished as a nonconformist.
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Thanks to dopamine, brownies are in the eye of the beholder
Activity in the eyes seems to reflect what’s going on in the brain.
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How we feel can change how we taste fat
Content people can detect changes in fat content, unhappy people do not.
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Female breadwinners are a sign of progress—not an affront to science
Fox Business throws out everything science has told us.
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Giant genome study finds tiny links between genetics and schooling
Huge study finds few genes, effects that barely register.
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Offering rewards boosts blood donations despite ban on payments
Show them the money! Or at least a nice gift certificate.
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Erectile function: bats mop up nectar with “hairy” tongues
Blood forces hairs to stand up as the bat’s tongue is extended.
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Stressed out moms mean faster growing babies—if you’re a squirrel
For the offspring, it’s grow fast, die young.
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