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Evolution versus Creation; Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon

dimanche 28 septembre 2014 — 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago, More Science, Everyday Science, History of Science, Science Education, Society & Policy, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Weak Nuclear Force Shown to Give Asymmetry to Biochemistry of Life

vendredi 26 septembre 2014 — More Science, Chemistry, Physics, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

"Left-handed" electrons have been found to destroy certain organic molecules faster than their mirror versions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Weak Nuclear Force Shown to Give Asymmetry to the Biochemistry of Life

vendredi 26 septembre 2014 — More Science, Chemistry, Physics, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

"Left-handed" electrons have been found to destroy certain organic molecules faster than their mirror versions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Meet Miracle Mike, the Colorado Chicken who lived for 18 months without his head

vendredi 26 septembre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Everyday Science, History of Science, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Mike meet everyone, everyone meet Mike. No, no, don't wave. He can't see, you're just making this awkward. Also known as Miracle Mike, Mike the Headless Chicken was a plump, five-year-old cockerel... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Wireless Robot Octopus Swims with the Fishes [Video]

vendredi 26 septembre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Everyday Science, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Technology, Automotive Technology, Communications, Computing, Consumer Electronics

Robot octopuses can already walk, jet along and even grasp tools. But new advances have these machines swimming faster than ever. And thanks to the addition of soft, fleshy webs, they’re... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Octopus Cannibalism Captured for First Time

jeudi 25 septembre 2014 — Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Psychology

Eight-armed buffet: Divers record video of an octopus eating one of its own -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

"Missing Links" Found between Birds and Dinosaurs

jeudi 25 septembre 2014 — Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Evolutionary Biology

Flock to this: A new analysis of anatomical features shows birds evolved gradually from dinosaurs -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Obama to Designate World's Largest Marine Sanctuary in the Pacific

jeudi 25 septembre 2014 — Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

President Barack Obama on Thursday will designate the largest marine sanctuary in the world in an area of the Pacific Ocean that will be off-limits to commercial fishing and deep-sea mining, the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Fire Cooked Up Early Human Culture

mercredi 24 septembre 2014 — More Science, Society & Policy, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology

An anthropologist studying current hunter–gatherers finds that nighttime around the fire is when conversation turns from business to bonding. Cynthia Graber reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Technology Unlocks the Mysteries of Bird Flight

mercredi 24 septembre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Everyday Science, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Technology, Communications, Computing

Bob Dylan asked: "Are birds free from the chains of the skyway?" Sure, this is a metaphor (in Dylan's case, for a lost love) but it works because the complexities of avian flight—from migration... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American