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Meet the Scaly-Tail Gliders

Among the weirdest and most fascinating of rodents are the scalytails/scaly-tails, scaly-tailed squirrels or anomalures, properly termed Anomaluridae. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Tiny Cell Grows Giant Death Spike and Lives to Grow Another

Let’s say you’re a small cell engaged in heavy manufacturing. Like most animal cells, you are coated only in a thin membrane made a double layer of fluid fat-like molecules. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

An Optical Illusion As Seen By a Fish

Visual illusions are fun: we know with our rational mind that, for example, these lines are parallel to each other, yet they don't appear that way. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Tet Zoo Guide to Gazelle Camels

samedi 28 février 2015 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology
Some of you will know that I'm putting together a giant textbook on the vertebrate fossil record… and, oh god, it isn't easy. If you want sneak-peeks on how things are going, please consider... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

"Big Brain" Gene Allowed for Evolutionary Expansion of Our Neocortex

The newly identified gene is found in modern-day humans, Neandertals and Denisovans, but not in chimps -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

"Big Brain" Gene Allowed for Evolutionary Expansion of Human Neocortex

The newly identified gene is found in modern-day humans, Neandertals and Denisovans, but not in chimps -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Trade in Shark Fins Takes a Plunge

jeudi 26 février 2015 — More Science, Society & Policy, Environment, Evolution
An analysis of trade statistics suggests that efforts to educate shark fin soup consumers is working -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Your Eyelashes Should Be This Long, Science Says

mercredi 25 février 2015 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology
The optimal length to keep eyes wet is a third of the width of the eye -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Fish "Lateral Line" Senses Pressure and Predators

mercredi 25 février 2015 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Neuroscience
Flow sensors on the bodies of many fish act like a hydrodynamic antenna, picking up signals about the flow of water around them. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports. ... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Fishes' Lateral Lines Sense Pressure and Predators

mercredi 25 février 2015 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Neuroscience
Flow sensors on the bodies of many fishes act like a hydrodynamic antenna, picking up signals about the flow of water around them. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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