The Cretaceous Period was a dangerous time for many animals, even for the “dinosaur equivalent of a tank.” Watch how researchers analyzed the pristine remains of a heavily armored... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Humans appear well equipped to recognize the alarm calls of other animals—perhaps because sounds of distress tend to have higher frequencies. Karen Hopkin reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The North American walnut sphinx caterpillar produces a whistle that sounds just like a songbird's alarm call--and the whistle seems to startle birds. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Exposure to existing antibiotics can imbue infectious bacteria with resistance that also kicks in against new drugs related to the originals. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Journalist and author Susan Ewing talks about her new book Resurrecting the Shark: A Scientific Obsession and the Mavericks Who Solved the Mystery of a 270-Million-Year-Old Fossil. (And we'll discuss... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
mercredi 19 juillet 2017 par Chris Clarkson, Ben Marwick, Lynley Wallis, Richard Fullagar, Zenobia Jacobs, The Conversation US — The Sciences, Evolution
Australia is the end point of early modern human migration out of Africa, and sets the minimum age for the global dispersal of humans -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com