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Road Rage: How Busy Streets Yield Angry Birds
For birds, sound is survival. Their songs establish territories, attract mates, and warn of dangers. When traffic noise ...
Traffic noise triggers road rage — in birds, scientists say: ‘Could result in a physical fight’
Humans aren’t the only ones who are prone to road rage. Scientists have found that certain songbirds in the Galapagos behave ...
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Traffic noise creates angry birds in the Galapagos
Birds change their songs to be heard over the sound of automobile traffic, and when that doesn't work, they get aggressive. A new study in the journal Animal Behavior found that Yellow Warblers, which ...
A hit of dopamine tells baby birds when their song practice is paying off
In his home office in Durham, Duke neuroscientist Richard Mooney shows a series of images of a bird's brain on song. In one, ...
Popular Mechanics10d
The ‘Space Laser’ Wars Have Begun—And America Wants to Be First to Develop the High-Powered Weapons
DARPA, the U.S. military’s advanced research agency, is funding space laser projects amid simmering concerns that America’s strategic adversaries are already developing this satellite ...
CBS News25d
2 workers laid off from the National Park Service sound off on their struggles: "I cycle through being angry, sad, distressed"
"I feel very disrespected," Saffian told CBS News. "…I cycle through being angry, sad, distressed." Park service jobs can range from collecting entrance fees to cleaning up trash to conducting ...
National Geographic news10d
7 places to see wildlife in the U.S. this spring
Go birdwatching in Everglades National Park, Florida Birdwatchers may spot wood storks (Mycteria americana) in addition to other bird species ... quiet and giving birds space, especially during ...
Associated Press24d
Angry Birds, Frogger and others are finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame
The winners will be enshrined May 8 at the hall’s new space inside The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester. The 2025 finalists are: Age of Empires, Angry Birds, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, ...
Popular Science27d
NASA uses GPS on the moon for the first time
That’s what mission engineers from NASA and the Italian Space Agency hoped to demonstrate through the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE), one of the 10 projects packed aboard Blue Ghost.
The Washington Post16d
The many, many reasons space travel is bad for the human body
Space motion sickness sets in almost immediately. The nausea, dizziness, headaches and confusion can linger for days. “Puffy Face Bird Leg Phenomenon” develops, as blood and other bodily ...