News articles tagged with 'domestic'
Violent upbringing may lead to domestic violence
— 6 Oct 2009 19:42 | HealthA recent study from the latest issue of Personal Relationships shows that individuals who have experienced violence at an early age may have trouble adjusting to healthy, adult romantic... — full story
International science consortium publishes analysis of domestic cattle genome sequence
— 24 Apr 2009 19:39 | BiologyThe U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of Health announced today that an international consortium of researchers has published the genome of domestic cattle,... — full story
Mystery about domestication of horse has been unravelled
— 24 Apr 2009 19:29 | BiologyWild horses were domesticated in the Ponto-Caspian steppe region (today Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Romania) in the 3rd millennium B.C. Despite the pivotal role horses have played... — full story
Physical abuse raises women's health costs over 40 percent
— 24 Mar 2009 17:52 | HealthWomen experiencing physical abuse from intimate partners spent 42 percent more on health care per year than non-abused women, according to a long-term study of more than 3,000 women... — full story
Archaeologists find earliest known domestic horses
— 6 Mar 2009 15:44 | BiologyAn international team of archaeologists has uncovered the earliest known evidence of horses being domesticated by humans. The discovery suggests that horses were both ridden and milked.... — full story
Why domestic animals changed coat
— 22 Jan 2009 15:48 | BiologyYou notice it in your everyday life, the bewildering diversity in coat colour among our pigs, dogs and other domestic animals. This stark contrasts with the uniformity of colour within... — full story
Growing problem for veterans: Domestic violence
— 7 Nov 2008 14:24 | Health'The increasing number of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) raises the risk of domestic violence and its consequences on families and children in communities across... — full story
New hybrid plants could prompt more prodigious pepper production in Southwest
— 4 Nov 2008 17:12 | BiologyBy themselves or as an ingredient in a variety of foods, including salsa, America's top-selling condiment, peppers have found a warm spot in the hearts and stomachs of U.S. consumers... — full story
The role of the slave trade in the evolution of American wild rice species
— 29 Oct 2008 14:54 | BiologyRice is the world's foremost cereal crop as a human food source. Today's cultivated varieties derive from the species Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrina, domesticated respectively in... — full story
Mane event: recombination in lion feline immunodeficiency virus
— 5 Feb 2008 00:05 | BiologyParts of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) isolated from wild lions have undergone substantial genetic recombination, says research published in the online open access journal BMC... — full story