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Robots, Extinction, and Salvation: On Altruism in Human–Posthuman Interactions
Posthumanism and transhumanism are philosophies that envision possible relations between humans and posthumans. Critical versions of posthumanism and transhumanism examine the idea of potential threats involved in human–posthuman interactions (i.e ...
Juraj Odorčák, Pavlína Bakošová
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Radiocarbon and genomic evidence for the survival of Equus Sussemionus until the late Holocene
The exceptionally rich fossil record available for the equid family has provided textbook examples of macroevolutionary changes. Horses, asses, and zebras represent three extant subgenera of Equus lineage, while the Sussemionus subgenus is another ...
Dawei Cai +21 more
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Testing the Resource Hypothesis of Species–Area Relationships: Extinction Cannot Work Alone
The mechanisms that underpin the species–area relationship (SAR) are crucial for both the development of biogeographic theory and the application of biodiversity conservation.
Wei Deng +5 more
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Factors influencing the evolution of complex traits such as body size are notoriously difficult to study but a new review of work on marine iguanas in the Galapagos islands suggests an answer may lie in the interplay of natural and sexual selection.
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Research data management (RDM) is key to fast and effective cooperation in collaborative research projects, especially when several scientific disciplines are involved.
Marlene Pacharra +2 more
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Bringing Neuroscientific Data to Sustainability: Embedded Data Stewardship in CRC 1280
Information Management (INF) projects are essential to the establishment of infrastructures for the management of research data and metadata in Collaborative Research Centers (CRCs) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Marlene Pacharra +2 more
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Effects of sex and retention interval on the retrieval and extinction of auditory fear conditioning
Fear memory retrieval is relevant to psychiatric disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). One of the hallmark symptoms of PTSD is the repeated retrieval and re-experiencing of the initial fear memory even long after the traumatic event ...
Hannah L. Schoenberg +5 more
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Conservation or politics? Australia's target to kill 2 million cats
The Australian Government's 5‐year Threatened Species Strategy contains four priority action areas and associated targets. Here, we argue that the well‐publicized target to cull 2 million feral cats has a weak scientific basis because: (1) reliable ...
Tim S. Doherty +4 more
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The Anthropocene has emerged as the dominant conceptualization of the current geological epoch and, more significantly, of Humanity’s relation to nature.
Charles Stubblefield
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Asteraceae annuals from South Africa’s winter-rainfall region often exhibit poor germination, and it is a challenge to establish a garden display using fresh seeds from the wild.
Oliver Roger Clive +2 more
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