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Phillip Moyer

Phillip Moyer

Latest Articles by Phillip Moyer

Less homework, less gaming, more playing: Chinese laws yield success in war on sitting

Restrictions on the amount of homework given and online gaming led to children sitting less — 46 minutes less per day.

Sperm whale language more complex than previously thought, scientists say

Sperm whales display complex social behavior and group decision-making, which led a group of scientists to hypothesize that their language is more complex than what was once believed.

Leprous squirrels spread disease in medieval England, study finds

Researchers analyzed 12th-century human and squirrel bones recovered from around the St. Mary Magdeleine leprosarium in Winchester, United Kingdom. Both sets of bones contained evidence of a strain of Mycobacterium leprae, the bacterium that causes leprosy.

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