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Why mothers in novels leave their families
22 July 2021. Mothers leaving their families is not a new theme in Swedish fiction. But the reasons for leaving ha ...
Male beetles’ genitalia harmful and beneficial to females
15 July 2021. Male seed beetles with genital structures that injure females may have greater reproductive success. ...
Important role of genetics for age at first sex and birth
9 July 2021. An international research team has identified hundreds of genetic variants that are linked with age ...
Research to save the Baltic cod
1 July 2021. At the Ar Research Station in northern Gotland, a number of researchers and doctoral students are cu ...
Males help keep populations genetically healthy
28 June 2021. A few males are enough to fertilise all the females. The number of males therefore has little bearin ...
New knowledge helps to explain Indonesia's explosive volcanoes
24 June 2021. Indonesia’s volcanoes are among the world’s most dangerous. Why? Through chemical analyses of tiny m ...
