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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

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

NOVA Evolution Lab

mercredi 27 mai 2015 — More Science, Biology, Science Education, Energy & Sustainability, Climate, EARTH, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Technology, Computing

What could you possibly have in common with a mushroom, or a dinosaur, or even a bacterium? More than you might think. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Mysterious Disease Threatens Australian Turtle with Immediate Extinction

mercredi 27 mai 2015 — Energy & Sustainability, CONSERVATION, Environment, Evolution

Almost the entire population of Bellinger River snapping turtles has been wiped out since February -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

The Richest Reef: Deep Diving into the Twilight Zone

mardi 26 mai 2015 — More Science, Biology, Chemistry, Everyday Science, Physics, Energy & Sustainability, CONSERVATION, EARTH, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Technology, ENGINEERING

A team of deep divers plunges into the “twilight zone,” a little-explored region of depth between 200 and 500 feet below the surface, with two goals: "catch fish" and "stay... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American