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Parrot Fish Poop Makes Beautiful Beaches

mercredi 10 juin 2015 — More Science, Energy & Sustainability, Climate, CONSERVATION, EARTH, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Health

The beautiful white sand beaches and reefs of tropical areas around the world exist largely thanks to parrot fish droppings. – Benjamin Meyers, Julia Rosen, Eliene... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Wild Chimps Seen Drinking Alcoholic Beverage

mercredi 10 juin 2015 — More Science, ARTS & CULTURE, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Addiction & Recovery

In west Africa researchers observed wild chimps seek out and drink fermented tree sap left outside by humans. Karen Hopkin reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

75-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Soft Tissue Suggests Ancient Organic Preservation May Be Common

mardi 9 juin 2015 — Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Evolutionary Biology

Researchers have found what appear to be collagen fibers and blood cells in unremarkable-looking fossils -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Color You Remember Seeing Isn't What You Saw

mardi 9 juin 2015 — ARTS & CULTURE, Everyday Science, Society & Policy, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Psychology, Thought & Cognition

People tend to remember a color they saw, for example green-blue teal, as being closer to a more stereotypical variant, such as straight blue or green. Karen Hopkin reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Did Affluence Spur the Rise of Modern Religions?

mardi 9 juin 2015 — Head Lines, More Science, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain

Reliable food and energy may have freed up time to think about the purpose of life -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

How I Dissected a T. Rex [Video]

lundi 8 juin 2015 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Technology

Hint: it took chain saws, feathers and lots of latex, says vertebrate palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist Stephen Brusatte -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

High Heels, High Risk

lundi 8 juin 2015 — More Science, Evolution, Health, THE BODY, WELLNESS, Mind & Brain

Shoe-related dangers lurk underfoot. The rate of high heel–related injuries doubled over a 10-year period, and most of those injuries happened in a place you might not expect. Click here for a... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Book Review: The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack

vendredi 5 juin 2015 — Recommended, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Books and recommendations from Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Is Lying Rational? [Transcript]

vendredi 5 juin 2015 — More Science, Evolution, Health, Mind & Brain, Psychology, Thought & Cognition

The paths from little fibs to big lies may be smaller than we’d like to think, as revealed by a new collaboration from director Yael Melamede and behavioral economist Dan Ariely -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Is Lying Rational?

vendredi 5 juin 2015 — More Science, ARTS & CULTURE, Biology, Everyday Science, Society & Policy, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Health, Ethics, THE BODY, WELLNESS, Mind & Brain, Language & Linguistics, Psychology, Thought & Cognition