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How Gibbons Got Their Swing

jeudi 11 septembre 2014 — Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The apes' genes explain their flexibility—and why their chromosomes are so peculiar -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

What Makes Humans Special? [Video]

jeudi 11 septembre 2014 — Web Exclusives, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Thought & Cognition

Psychologist/primatologist Michael Tomasello explains -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Universal Social Rules Underlie Languages

jeudi 11 septembre 2014 — Features, More Science, Everyday Science, Evolution, Mind & Brain, Language & Linguistics, Thought & Cognition

Listening in on conversations around the world reveals that human dialogue follows some universal rules that enable and enrich our social interactions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

No Charges after Ship Strike Killed Humpback Whale off Alaska

jeudi 11 septembre 2014 — Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Evolution

A ship strike killed a protected 30-foot (9-meter), 25-ton (22.6-tonne) female humpback whale off Kodiak on July 26, but an investigation could not conclude whether a state ferry was responsible -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Lost Ship from 19th-C. Franklin Expedition Found by Arctic Archaeologists

mercredi 10 septembre 2014 — More Science, History of Science, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology

Two ships led by Sir John Franklin vanished in 1859 en route to finding and exploring a Northwest passage -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Newly Uncovered "Super Henge" Dwarfed Stonehenge

mercredi 10 septembre 2014 — More Science, History of Science, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Technology

Digital mapping shatters the image of Stonehenge as a desolate site that was visited by few -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

The plan to save the rarest fish in the world â€“ that happens to be named after puppies

mercredi 10 septembre 2014 — More Science, Biology, History of Science, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) is the rarest fish in the world. Found only in a single, tiny limestone cavern in the Devils Hole geothermal pool about 100 km east of Nevada’s... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Sherry Turkle Explains Why Social Technologies Are Making Us Less Social

mercredi 10 septembre 2014 — Features, More Science, Society & Policy, Evolution, Technology, Communications, Computing, Consumer Electronics

For the first time in the history of our species, we are never alone and never bored. Have we lost something fundamental about being human? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Where Is Human Evolution Taking Us?

mercredi 10 septembre 2014 — Features, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Technology

We asked scientists for their views on the evolution of our species -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

What Makes Humans Different Than Any Other Species

lundi 8 septembre 2014 — Features, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Psychology, Thought & Cognition, Technology

The capacity to engage in shared tasks such as hunting large game and building cities may be what separated modern humans from our primate cousins -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American