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New Species of Peacock Spider has Leopard Spots and Cat-like Moves

samedi 3 mai 2014 — More Science, Biology, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

This is my second post in a week featuring spiders doing undeniably adorable things - dancing and cartwheels. It's as if spiders know they have a reputation problem and have launched some kind of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Elephant Seals Reveal Anti-Inflammatory Secrets of Carbon Monoxide

vendredi 2 mai 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Health

The gas appears to protect the deep-diving seals from cell damage after periods of restricted blood flow -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Bats, Bullhooks and Other Prods Used to Control Circus Elephants Are Banned in Los Angeles

jeudi 1er mai 2014 — More Science, Society & Policy, Evolution

Kid Scientists Make Real Fossil Finds at the USA Science & Engineering Festival

mercredi 30 avril 2014 — More Science, Everyday Science, Science Education, Society & Policy, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Evolutionary Biology

Kids searching for fossils using SharkFinder kits at Scientific American’s booth at the USA Science & Engineering Festival. Credit: Jason Osborne Jason Osborne was trying to grab a quick... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

SeaWorld Says San Diego Killer Whale Is Pregnant

mercredi 30 avril 2014 — More Science, Biology, Society & Policy, Evolution

Bone Dusters Paleo Ale Gets A Rockinâ€™ Label

mardi 29 avril 2014 — More Science, Biology, Everyday Science, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Evolutionary Biology

Sometimes you never know where your work will end up. Take this figure depicting the evolution of whales that I created for Jerry Coyne’s book, Why Evolution is True. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Y Chromosome May Protect Against Cancer, Other Diseases

mardi 29 avril 2014 — Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Health

Elderly men who have lost the Y in blood cells have their lives cut short, compared with men who still have the little chromosome -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

California Animal Rights Groups Offer $10,000 Reward for Pelican Slasher

mardi 29 avril 2014 — More Science, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

Frog-Killing Fungus Meets Its Match in Hidden World of Tiny Predators

lundi 28 avril 2014 — More Science, Biology, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Health

As I reported in a feature story in Scientific American last December , some fungi have been behaving badly of late, attacking bats, plants, amphibians, reptiles, and people with gusto, driving many... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Death Valley's First Life Came by Land, Not by Sea

lundi 28 avril 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology

Relying on evidence from Southwestern deserts, a biologist debunks an evolutionary theory that assumes continental sterility for Precambrian life -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American