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Extensive Gene Transfers Occur in Complex Cells Way More than Expected

mercredi 2 juillet 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Multiple independent gene transfers are now documented to occur in the evolutionary history of eukaryotic life, not just among prokaryotes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Welcome to Voices, a Blog to Celebrate Diversity

mercredi 2 juillet 2014 — More Science, Energy & Sustainability, Evolution, Health, Mind & Brain, Space, Technology

Diverse ideas and perspectives benefit science—as studies amply demonstrate—yet progress can be frustratingly slow. We think it's time to amplify the conversation. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Funnel-Shaped Animals Invented Reefs Prior to Cambrian Explosion

mercredi 2 juillet 2014 — More Science, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology

Scientists have long thought of the Cambrian Explosion 541 million years ago as the flowering of complex life on Earth. Strangely shaped, large soft-bodied organisms were known to have lived in the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Tightness and Looseness: A New Way to Understand Differences across the 50 United States

mercredi 2 juillet 2014 — More Science, Evolution, Mind & Brain, Language & Linguistics, Psychology

Hit by Slime, Caribbean Corals Could Vanish in Two Decades

mercredi 2 juillet 2014 — Energy & Sustainability, Climate, Ecology, Evolution

Jell-O Brains and DNA: High School Students Launch Innovative STEM Program

mardi 1er juillet 2014 — More Science, Biology, Chemistry, Everyday Science, Math, Physics, Science Education, Society & Policy, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Neuroscience, Thought & Cognition

The following guest post is by Roy Rinberg, a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va. and an incoming freshman at New York University. He is... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Malarial Mice Smell Better to Mosquitoes

mardi 1er juillet 2014 — More Science, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Health, Infectious Diseases

Mice infected with the parasites that cause their type of malaria produce odorous compounds that attract mosquitoes, increasing the odds that the parasites will be spread to the next victims -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Meet Your Dr. Octopus: Surgical Octo Arms

mardi 1er juillet 2014 — More Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Evolution, Health, Biotechnology, Medical Technology, Mind & Brain, Technology

Robotic surgery has proved itself to be less than perfect so far. Stiff robotic limbs, burning surfaces, numerous complications. But what if that surgeon’s assistant was less like a standard... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Dinosaur Herd Died in a Mud Trap

lundi 30 juin 2014 — Features, More Science, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs

On a trip to the Gobi Desert, a team of fossil hunters unearths a death scene that reveals new clues about how dinosaurs lived -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American