Stanford study of owls finds link in brain between sight and sound
Just imagine listening to someone talk and also hearing the buzz of the overhead lights, the hum of your computer and the muffled conversation down the hallway. To focus on the person speaking to you, your brain clearly can't give equal weight to all incoming sensory information. It has to attend to what is important and ignore the rest. Two scientists at the Stanford University School of...'Night owls' report more insomnia-related symptoms
Those persons who are labeled a “night owl?report more pathological symptoms related to insomnia, despite many having the opportunity to compensate for their nocturnal sleeplessness by extending their time in bed and being able to gain more total sleep time, according to a study published in the April 15th issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM). The study, authored by Jason...Male owls pitch their hoots to advertise body weight to competitors
Why do male owls hoot? Researchers from the Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (France) and the University of Sussex (UK) have studied the vocal communication of male European Scops owls, one of the smallest living species of nocturnal raptors. The study, published in the April issue of the American Naturalist, was conducted between June 2003 and June 2005 on the isle of Oléron, off the west co...Culling of 2,000 fowls in Indonesia
In Indonesia’s Garut district of West Java province, poultry depopulation is being conducted by culling around 2,000 fowls, as a preventive measure against the spread of// avian flu in this area. According to Antara news agency, the local Animal Husbandry Service Head, Andi Rachmat said that this plan of mass culling was made after many chickens in the villages of Cigadong and Cijambe t...Insomnia-related Symptoms High Among ‘Night Owls
Those who are labeled a “night owl” complains more symptoms related to insomnia, despite many having the opportunity to compensate //for their nocturnal sleeplessness, according to a study. The study, authored by Jason C. Ong, PhD, and colleagues at Stanford University, consisted of 312 patients, who were categorized as morning, intermediate and evening chronotypes based upon scores on...Nearly Thirteen Percent of Vietnam's Waterfowls Carry H5N1
Roughly 13 percent of waterfowls in Vietnam have bird flu virus strain H5N1, newspaper Labor reported Wednesday . Tests show that nearly 21.7 percent of waterfowls in capital Hanoi, 21.2 percent in northern Bac Ninh and over 7.6 percent in Bac Giang carry the virus, the paper quoted the Central Veterinary Diagnosis Centre as saying. To prevent the disease from spreading...