Rice is a staple food for nearly half of the world’s population. A study tested the droppings of 502 birds and bats caught in lowland rice fields in northern Guinea-Bissau. According to the researchers, insect DNA in the samples revealed 2,276 feeding interactions between 34 predator species, 18 bats and 16 birds, and 1,347 types…

A deep, Darth Vader-style voice may make a man sound more commanding, formidable and difficult to challenge, but it may not give him the romantic advantage popular culture has long suggested. A new study by researchers at Durham University has found that women did not rate men with deeper-than-average voices as more attractive when they…