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Will China's New Ivory Controls Make a Difference?

jeudi 4 juin 2015 — More Science, Society & Policy, CONSERVATION, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

Conservationists welcome the nation's move but problems for African elephants remain -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

100-Year-Old Turtle, the Last of Her Kind, Could Soon Be a Mom

mercredi 3 juin 2015 — Energy & Sustainability, CONSERVATION, Environment, Evolution

An international team of scientists has succeeded in artificially inseminating the last female Yangtze giant softshell turtle. Will babies be far behind? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Swapping Symbionts Enabled Mediterranean Lichen to Conquer the Arctic

mercredi 3 juin 2015 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The miraculous recovery of a coral and the gargantuan range of a lichen may both result from the surprising evolutionary advantages their "alternative" lifestyles give them -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Chimps Would "Cook" Food If They Could

mercredi 3 juin 2015 — Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Thought & Cognition

A new study suggests that chimps have the cognitive skills necessary for cooking—such as patience—even if they don't control fire. Christopher Intagliata reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Genes Orchestrate Musical Ability

mardi 2 juin 2015 — More Science, Biology, Science Education, Society & Policy, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Health, Mind & Brain, Addiction & Recovery, Language & Linguistics, Neuroscience, Psychology, Thought & Cognition

It might take practice to get to Carnegie Hall but scientists found that it takes a set of dozens of genes in the brain working together to make that practice pay off. Click here for a transcript of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Roots of Animals' Individuality Revealed with "Groundhog Day" Experiments

lundi 1er juin 2015 — More Science, Biology, Evolution

Animals raised under the same conditions are creating a biological map of what makes individuals unique -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Animals Have Their Version of Facebook, Too

lundi 1er juin 2015 — Features, More Science, Biology, Evolution, Mind & Brain

In a wide variety of species, who befriends whom strongly influences how individuals and the larger group behave -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Did Dinosaurs Walk on Their Fingertips at One Point?

dimanche 31 mai 2015 — Advances, More Science, Biology, Evolution, Dinosaurs, Evolutionary Biology

Modern-day alligators may illustrate how dinosaurs went from two-legged to four -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

An Octopus That Can "See" with Its Skin

jeudi 28 mai 2015 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Health, Mind & Brain

The skin of one type of California octopus can sense light and camouflage itself without signals from the eyes and brain. Click here for a transcript of this video. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

New Human Ancestor Discovered Near Fossil of “Lucy”

jeudi 28 mai 2015 — Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology

The Australopithecine lived about 3.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia, around the same time as Australopithecus afarensis -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American