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What Makes Congressâ€™s Latest Effort to Curb Science Funding So Dangerous?

jeudi 8 mai 2014 — More Science, Biology, Chemistry, Everyday Science, Math, Physics, Science Education, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Alternative Energy Technology, Clean Air Policy, Climate, Evolution, Technology

A bill making its way through the House Science, Space and Technology Committee would set the country’s science agenda by favoring certain disciplines -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

What Makes Congressâ€™s Latest Effort to Curb Science Funding So Dangerous?

A bill making its way through the House Science, Space and Technology Committee would set the country’s science agenda by favoring certain disciplines -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Everyone Poops â€” Even Paramecium

jeudi 8 mai 2014 — More Science, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Perhaps you’ve heard of — or even read — the children’s book “Everyone Poops“. This illustrative tome explains that because everyone eats, everyone poops. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Long-Snouted Tyrannosaur Unearthed

mercredi 7 mai 2014 — Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs

"Pinocchio rex" roamed southern China just before the extinction of the dinosaurs -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Estrogen's Role in Impulsive Behavior

mercredi 7 mai 2014 — Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Health, Mind & Brain, Addiction & Recovery, Neuroscience, Psychology, Thought & Cognition

Would you rather have $50 now or $100 two weeks from now? Even though the $100 is obviously the better choice, many people will opt for the $50. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Herbivorous Theropod Dinosaurs Had Sharp Claws, Too

mercredi 7 mai 2014 — Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Evolutionary Biology

Computer models suggest that plant-eating dinosaurs called therizinosaurs used their claws for digging, grasping or piercing plants -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Noise from Our Electronics Disorients Migratory Birds

mercredi 7 mai 2014 — More Science, Biology, Society & Policy, Evolution

The finding from a study of European robins in shielded huts suggests that cities have significant effects on the migration patterns of birds that rely on internal magnetic compasses -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Avian Flu Discovered in Penguins in Antarctica

mercredi 7 mai 2014 — Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Health, Infectious Diseases

Ancient Crocodilians Used "Death Rolls" to Kill Dinosaurs

mardi 6 mai 2014 — Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Evolutionary Biology

Bite marks on fossils coupled with an analysis of skull strength suggests that crocodilians were capable of using "death rolls" to dismember prey -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American