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Australia's Great Barrier Reef Gets a Bit Cleaner

jeudi 19 juin 2014 — Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

Plant Spores Hitch Long-Distance Feather Rides

jeudi 19 juin 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Tiny spores from mosses, algae and lichens can stick in bird feathers, travel from the Arctic to the bottom of South America and grow into whole new specimens. Erika Beras reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

161 Bird-Watcher Apps for the iPhoneâ€”and Theyâ€™re All for the Birds [Slide Show]

mercredi 18 juin 2014 — More Science, Everyday Science, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Technology, Communications, Computing, Consumer Electronics

Mobile devices promise to give bird-watchers new tools for their fieldwork, but smartphone apps for identifying these aviators are not quite ready to leave the nest -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Obama Moves to Protect Vast Pacific Ocean Areas

mardi 17 juin 2014 — Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Climate, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

Pygmy Sloths Could Gain Much-Needed Endangered Species Protection

mardi 17 juin 2014 — More Science, Biology, Society & Policy, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) last week announced that the world’s rarest and smallest sloth could deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act (pdf). -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Excavations Reveal a Surprising Mix of Dinosaurs from Lost Continent

lundi 16 juin 2014 — Features, More Science, Ecology, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Evolutionary Biology

The American West once harbored multiple communities of dinosaurs simultaneously—a revelation that has scientists scrambling to understand how the land could have supported so many behemoths -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Gentoo Penguins Thrive, While Adelies and Chinstraps Falter in a Climate-Changed World

lundi 16 juin 2014 — More Science, Energy & Sustainability, Climate, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

Penguin species show there are winners and losers from global warming -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Like Dinosaurs, Birds Can and Do Wrestle

lundi 16 juin 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Evolutionary Biology

No time to finish anything new, gah. In desperation, here’s a classic article from the Tet Zoo archives, originally published in March 2009. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

If you wish to make a gene from scratch

samedi 14 juin 2014 — More Science, Biology, Chemistry, Society & Policy, Evolution, Health, Biotechnology

According to the New York Times, synthetic biology is creating DNA out of thin air. A recent article about synthetic biology and consumer goods describes DNA synthesis as a process where “DNA... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American