Topic: Kate Kelland

Males and females "have innate sense of direction"

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Scientists studying rats have found both male and female newborns have an innate sense of direction before they've even begun to move around, and this is likely to be the same for all animals -- including humans.The researchers ...

Scientists fix GPS to pigeons to analyze leadership

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Scientists have strapped tiny global position systems (GPS) to pigeons to analyze the way bird flocks change direction and stay together in a study they hope will also give clues to human collective behavior.Researchers from Britain and Hungary ...

Teenagers are programmed for risk, study finds

LONDON (Reuters) - Teenagers are programed to take risks because they enjoy the thrill of dangerous situations more than others, British scientists said on Wednesday.The findings may explain why adolescents engage in activities like drug-taking, fighting and unsafe sex."The onset of adolescence ...