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Month: May 2025

Ecology

Fire ant colonies can switch from single to multiple queens under minority influence

May 12, 2025 Phys Org

Groups of social animals, including humans, can make complex decisions without a single central leader. Those choices aren’t always made by the majority, however.This article was originally published on this website.

Education

New definition for bullying released to better support pupils and schools

May 12, 2025 Phys Org

A new definition for bullying has been released to better support school pupils and teaching staff, particularly in special educational needs and disability (SEND) settings.This article was originally published on this website.

Ecology

Get ready, Massachusetts, the cicadas are coming: ‘They can be really loud, as loud as a chainsaw’

May 12, 2025 Phys Org

Seventeen years after the Brood XIV cicadas last emerged as adults and annoyed people with their loud buzzing calls, they’re coming back.This article was originally published on this website.

Technology

Revolutionizing baseball training with AI-simulated pitchers

May 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

Two University of Waterloo alumni are changing Major League Baseball (MLB) with a data-driven pitching simulator that replicates the real experience of batting against a professional pitcher.This article was originally published on this website.

Ecology

Michigan pauses program to lethally gas nuisance geese at Belle Isle, other sites

May 12, 2025 Phys Org

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has paused a pilot program that allowed for the collection and lethal gassing of nuisance Canada geese, according to a Friday letter from M. Scott Bowen, the state agency’s […]

Ecology

Gene mutations help flowers mimic foul odor to attract carcass-loving pollinators

May 12, 2025 Phys Org

A wild ginger has a clever trick up its sleeve to lure in pollinators. No, it’s not a sweet fragrance that fills the air, but the foul stench of rotting flesh and dung. To attract […]

Computers

Software coders hate in-person interruptions, but physiological stress measures tell a different story

May 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

It’s an intimidating prospect to interrupt a software engineer who has achieved a flow state—someone who is completely focused and absorbed in the task at hand. Like anyone, it takes time for coders to reengage […]

Ecology

The kids are hungry: Juvenile European green crabs just as damaging as adults, study finds

May 12, 2025 Phys Org

Scientists at Washington State University have found that juvenile European green crabs can do as much damage as adults to shellfish and native sea plants, calling into question current methods to eradicate the invasive crustaceans.This […]

Ecology

Sharks spotted off Massachusetts coast

May 12, 2025 Phys Org

The second largest shark species in the world is being spotted close to the Bay State coast, according to shark researchers.This article was originally published on this website.

Internet

‘Tool for grifters’: AI deepfakes push bogus sexual cures

May 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

Holding an oversized carrot, a brawny, shirtless man promotes a supplement he claims can enlarge male genitalia—one of countless AI-generated videos on TikTok peddling unproven sexual treatments.This article was originally published on this website.

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