Meta-analysis reveals there is no evidence that variation in clutch size in birds is driven by the reproduction–survival trade-off.

The study found that microfinance loans in Nigeria have a negative and significant impact on the growth of small businesses, suggesting that increasing loans may hinder SME expansion. This is likely ...

Adrian Turpin says it is the "natural moment to pass on the baton" in Wigtown after 20 years. Smith's book series was adapted for a hit teen TV show, which ran for eight years until 2017. An MP ...

A striking new study reveals that elected officials have a far more pessimistic view of voter behavior than do citizens ...

And these are a much more optimistic theory of a policy-oriented, well-informed, long-term-focused kinds of voters. Demsas: I thought this was really interesting. Most variation that you find is ...

Comparative ... literature. The goal is to understand more about why things happen the way they do, but also when and why theories are useful, and how they may need to be modified to become more ...

Prof Lahav admits, cheerfully. "If this new result is correct, then we need to find the mechanism that causes the variation and that might mean a brand new theory, which makes this so exciting." ...

For decades, the dominant theory has been that cancer develops when a normal cell accumulates genetic mutations, allowing it to grow and multiply uncontrollably. This idea has fueled major genome ...

A new travel-related trend eschews common guidance from most major airlines for a more cavalier approach to air travel. Following the "airport theory" method, travelers aim to arrive at the airport as ...

"This strategy is known as antigenic variation," explains physicist Maria Colomé-Tatché, who is Professor of Functional Genomics and Cell Biology at LMU's Biomedical Center and leader of the ...