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Non-verbal communication, innate or learned?
Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 2 weeks (www.nytimes.com)
This article talks about the assumption that non-verbal signs of pride and shame, such as gestures and facial expressions, are learned and not innate.
It seems that even people who have been blind since birth still raise their arms in a great "WOHOO!" of victory and slump their shoulders with disappointment. Frankly, I don't think this entirely precludes the idea that they're learned, but it does open up the question pretty well. 


jerry submitted, created time 3 months 3 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
"Watch out!" It's a simple phrase, but researchers have long debated whether nonhuman primates use something like it. A new study indicates that they do: Even when not threatened themselves, African blue monkeys warn neighbors of nearby predators. However, some skeptics maintain that the animals are acting out of fear, not concern for others 
Sue Wu submitted, created time 9 months 3 days (www.sciam.com)
Researchers are revealing hidden complexities behind the simple act of kissing, which relays powerful messages to your brain, body and partner 


There's No Hiding This Camouflage
sumsung submitted, created time 9 months 3 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Everyone knows what makes the chameleon so special: its rapid color-changing camouflage. But the bug-eyed lizard's reputation as a master of disguise is being challenged by new research published today in PLoS Biology. Its flexible pigmentation may actually be a sexy, albeit dangerous, way to stick out. 
Evolution of Counting Is No Simple Operation
Eric wu submitted, created time 10 months 1 week (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
You may not realize it, but when you tell the grocer you'd like a half-dozen eggs for your family of six, you're using a primitive numbering system.
Now, a study of Pacific Island languages suggests that counting systems can evolve in reverse, becoming more object-specific.
This is a very interesting topic on evolution...... 


DanyC submitted, created time 10 months 1 week (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
This is an impressive accomplishment for the jays,and they have a third call--a combination of low and high sounds--that distinguishes a hunting hawk in the sky that is looking for prey from a hawk that has spotted its next meal and has begun a downward attack dive.
Woo...such alam can do a lot of thing than we ever thought before. 


New Mode of Cell Communication Discovered
sumsung submitted, created time 10 months 1 week (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Like teenagers, cells in our bodies constantly chatter back and forth. But instead of zapping text messages, they relay signals with molecules. Now, researchers have discovered a surprisingly tiny new messenger in worms: protons. 


Study on strippers reveals evidence of human estrus.
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (www.ehbonline.org)
Unlike most mammals, which have an estrus cycle -- they go into heat, during which they give off detectable visual and chemical signs of fertility -- humans have a menstrual cycle. For many years, scientists had assumed that our little sniffers had lost the ability to pick up on anything more subtle than an overdose of Axe. However, a study performed on eighteen eager ecdysiasts found that they get about half again as much in tips while ovulating than they do during the leuteal phase, and twice as much as they do during menstruation 


Auditory Cortical Detection and Discrimination Correlates with Communicative Significance
daphne submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (biology.plosjournals.org)
Like a student in a foreign country immersed in an unfamiliar language or a young mother trying to decipher her baby's cries, we all encounter initially meaningless sounds that in fact carry meaning. As these sounds gain significance, we become better at detecting and discriminating between them. How does this occur? What happens in our brain to facilitate this improvement? We explored these questions in a mouse model by measuring how neurons in the auditory cortex of female mice respond when the ultrasonic calls of mouse pups are played back to the animals 


Communication between Physicians and Patients in the Era of E-Medicine
Luneetty submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (content.nejm.org)
Self-preservation was high on our list of reasons for establishing online communication. Our patients had become accustomed to contacting us through myriad routes: the clinic telephone, our individual office lines, the hospital paging system, our cell phones, the clinic fax machine, and in some cases, our home telephones. Secure Web messaging about routine issues was an attempt to direct round-the-clock communication into a manageable channel. 


Researchers Tap Cellular Communication Between Species
medal submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.sciam.com)
Cells in the body use hormones to communicate, for example controlling the fundamentals of human procreation through estrogen and testosterone. Similarly, bacteria colonies reach certain sizes and then individuals release chemicals to guide its overall development. Now researchers have tapped this cellular communication to create synthetic ecosystems replicating organisms that rely—or feed—on one another to survive, among other activities. 


Ape gestures and language evolution
channel submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.pnas.org)
The natural communication of apes may hold clues about language origins, especially because apes frequently gesture with limbs and hands, a mode of communication thought to have been the starting point of human language evolution. The present study aimed to contrast brachiomanual gestures with orofacial movements and vocalizations in the natural communication of our closest primate relatives, bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). bonobos showed greater flexibility in this regard than chimpanzees and were also the only species in which multimodal communication (i.e 
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