My picks from ScienceDaily

Honest Lovers? Fallow Buck Groans Reveal Their Status And Size During The Rut:

It is known that the phonic structure of calls produced by males during the breeding season may signal quality-related characteristics in many different types of animals. Previous research on mammals has mainly focused on the relationship between the acoustic components of vocalizations and one aspect of male quality: body size.

Digitizing Archives From The 17th Century:

A researcher on a short trip to a foreign country, with little money, but a digital camera in hand has devised a novel approach to digitizing foreign archives that could speed up research.

Should Nurses Replace GPs As Frontline Providers Of Primary Care?:

Should nurses be the frontline providers of primary care, taking the place of general practitioners as the first point of patient contact? Two experts debate the issue on the British Medical Journal website.

Old Before Their Time? Aging Rate In Flies Twice As Fast In Wild Than In Laboratory:

Evolutionary studies of aging typically utilize small, short-lived animals (insects, worms, mice) under benign conditions - constant temperature and humidity, no parasites, superabundant food - in the laboratory.

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