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Hit by Climate Change, Dwindling Antarctic Seal Population Grows More Diverse

mercredi 23 juillet 2014 — Energy & Sustainability, Climate, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

As sea waters in the South Atlantic warm, the amount of krill available for seals drops, leading to a smaller yet more genetically varied population -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Female Octopus Strangles Mate, Then Eats Him

mardi 22 juillet 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Octopuses do the darndest things. Like kill their mate during mating—by strangling him with three arms, according to new observations from the wild. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Why Science Is Important

mardi 22 juillet 2014 — More Science, Energy & Sustainability, Evolution, Health, Mind & Brain, Space, Technology

Our own track record proves that steady federal funding support leads to success -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

In Defense of Science

mardi 22 juillet 2014 — More Science, Energy & Sustainability, Evolution, Health, Mind & Brain, Space, Technology

Steady, sufficient investments in basic research are necessary to ensure the continued success of the U.S. in the future, four expert witnesses, including Scientific American’s editor in chief,... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Largest aquatic insect in the world found in China

mardi 22 juillet 2014 — More Science, Biology, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Hello, giant friend, and welcome. Please step through the hallowed gates of "World's Biggest" and join your freakishly long, abnormally bulky peers. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Traps Set after Giant Snake Reported in New Jersey Lake

mardi 22 juillet 2014 — More Science, Biology, Everyday Science, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

(Reuters) - In a scene that could open the film "Snakes on a Jet Ski," New Jersey animal control workers have set traps to snare a reported 20-foot-long serpent slithering through the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Scopes Monkey Trial: Guilty

lundi 21 juillet 2014 — More Science, History of Science, Science Education, Society & Policy, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

July 21 is verdict day in the infamous Scopes "Monkey" Trial of 1925. The verdict came in from a jury in Dayton, Tenn., that John Thomas Scopes had committed the crime of teaching evolution to... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Modern Birds Evolved before the Dinosaurs Died

lundi 21 juillet 2014 — Features, More Science, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Evolutionary Biology

Modern birds, long thought to have arisen only after the dinosaurs perished, turn out to have lived alongside them -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American