/eps/taxonomy/term/176/all en /eps/channels/news/keeping-beat-its-all-your-brain-324171 <p>How do people coordinate their actions with the sounds they hear? This basic ability, which allows people to cross the street safely while hearing oncoming traffic, dance to new music or perform team events such as rowing, has puzzled cognitive neuroscientists for years. A new study led by researchers at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº is shining a light on how auditory perception and motor processes work together.</p> Tue, 01 Sep 2020 21:26:31 +0000 kristyn.rodzinyak@mcgill.ca 1349 at /eps /eps/channels/news/origin-complex-life-form-revealed-324170 <p>Researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº have revealed the steps by which two very distinct organisms – bacteria and carpenter ants – have come to depend on one another for survival to become a single complex life form. The study, published today in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2653-6"><i>Nature</i></a><i>, </i>shows that the two species have collaborated to radically alter the development of the ant embryo to allow this integration to happen. Understanding how such grand unifications originate and evolve is a major puzzle for biologists.</p> Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:47:29 +0000 kristyn.rodzinyak@mcgill.ca 1347 at /eps /eps/channels/news/vertebrate-biodiversity-glimmer-hope-326269 <p>Vertebrate populations - from birds and fish to antelope - are not, in general, declining. Despite what has previously been thought and said.</p> Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:10:10 +0000 kristyn.rodzinyak@mcgill.ca 1337 at /eps /eps/channels/news/ice-sheets-move-how-north-and-south-poles-connect-326389 <p>Over the past 40,000 years, ice sheets thousands of kilometres apart have influenced one another through sea level changes, according to research published today in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2916-2"><i>Nature</i></a>. New modelling of ice sheet changes during the most recent glacial cycle by a Æ»¹ûÒùÔº-led team offers a clearer idea of the mechanisms that drive change than had previously existed and explains newly available geological records.</p> Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:00:52 +0000 kristyn.rodzinyak@mcgill.ca 1335 at /eps /eps/channels/news/identifying-canadas-key-conservation-hot-spots-highlights-problem-327355 <p>To stop biodiversity loss, Canada recently committed to protecting 30% of its land and sea by 2030. But making conservation decisions about where to locate new protected areas is complicated. It depends on data both about biodiversity and about a range of benefits (e.g. freshwater, climate regulation, recreation) that people get from nature. Surprisingly, despite the size of the country, new mapping suggests that less than 1% of Canada’s land (0.6% of total area or approximately 56,000 km2) is a hotspot, providing all these benefits in one place.</p> Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:14:20 +0000 kristyn.rodzinyak@mcgill.ca 1331 at /eps /eps/channels/news/oceans-warm-large-fish-struggle-327648 <p>Warming ocean waters could reduce the ability of fish, especially large ones, to extract the oxygen they need from their environment. Animals require oxygen to generate energy for movement, growth and reproduction.</p> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 20:09:33 +0000 kristyn.rodzinyak@mcgill.ca 1328 at /eps