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How exactly does a newly-hatched spider weave a perfect web that is characteristic of his or her species—without ever even having seen such a web, let alone having been trained to spin one? How do ...

Discover interesting facts about how traits are passed down over generations through DNA. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. What ...

When scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen set out to study how traits pass from one generation to another, they expected to find answers in genes. Instead, they found them in ...

When we conceptualize anxiety, we tend to see it as an omnipresent, immutable entity which we can neither change nor challenge. But the reality is that many of our anxious behaviors have been learned, ...

In executive leadership, success is often attributed to skill, strategy and market savvy. However, beneath these visible factors lie hidden influences that can significantly impact careers: ...