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In a first, an orangutan was seen treating his wound with a medicinal plant
NBC NEWS· 1 day ago“It’s the first documentation of external self-medication — the application of leaves, I would...
Injured orangutan observed treating his own wound with medicinal plant, scientists say
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoMichael Huffman, an animal medication researcher, told Nature that this is the first study to...
Squirrels may have given medieval Britons leprosy
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoSome modern red squirrels in the UK also have it, but there have been no reported cases of transmission to humans. It’s the first time a medieval animal...
New study is first to use statistical physics to corroborate 1940s social balance theory
Phys.org· 2 hours agoIn the 1940s, Austrian psychologist Fritz Heider introduced social balance theory, which explains...
Orangutan heals cut with medicinal plant
The Week· 3 hours agoRakus, a Sumatran orangutan, healed a wound on his face with a medicinal plant also used by humans in Southeast Asia, scientists said Thursday in the...
Morris Animal Foundation: Human noise negatively impacts cricket survival, reproduction
Lodi News-Sentinel· 1 day agoHumans may get annoyed with crickets keeping them up, but it goes both ways. Human noise affects...
Orangutan seen treating wound with traditional medicine in first for wild animals
The Independent via Yahoo News· 12 hours ago“As Fibraurea tinctoria has potent analgesic effects, individuals may feel an immediate pain...
Leprosy ‘may have spread between red squirrels and humans in medieval England’
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoFor the study, published in the journal Current Biology, the researchers analysed 25 human and 12...
CDC says bird flu viruses "pose pandemic potential," cites major knowledge gaps
CBS News· 3 hours agoBird flu continues to appear to pose a "low risk to the general public" for now, the Centers for...
Paleo diet? Study reveals new insight on what Stone Age humans really ate
AccuWeather· 2 days agoA long-held stereotype — one that’s influenced modern fad diets — is that ancient humans hunted...
