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Why Reindeer Steer Clear of Power Lines

vendredi 14 mars 2014 — Biology, Everyday Science, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Zaps of UV light may explain why some animals avoid the cables -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

How Atheism Helped Create the Modern World [Excerpt]

vendredi 14 mars 2014 — More Science, Everyday Science, History of Science, Society & Policy, Evolution, Thought & Cognition

Science has long advanced in part due to its rejection of religion as it uncovered information inconvenient for believers and their institutions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Tea and Consequences: Unsustainable Cultivation Puts Honeybush Tea at Risk

vendredi 14 mars 2014 — More Science, Biology, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

The Web sites selling sweet-smelling honeybush tea proudly proclaim its supposed health benefits, which range from lowering cholesterol and improving respiration to controlling the symptoms of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

How Climate Change Spurred a 10,000-Year Ice Age Journey

jeudi 13 mars 2014 — History of Science, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Climate, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology

Ice sheets trapped ancient Americans in refuges on land now under the Bering Strait -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Ancient Roman Lead Melted Down to Explore the Frontiers of Physics

jeudi 13 mars 2014 — Advances, More Science, Physics, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology

Scientists draw battle lines over metal salvaged from ancient shipwrecks -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Preservationists Fight to Save Rare Albino Redwood Tree in California

jeudi 13 mars 2014 — Biology, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

A Whale of a Find: Fossil Sheds Light on Cetacean Sonar's Origin

mercredi 12 mars 2014 — More Science, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology

Elephants Recognize the Voices of Their Enemies

mardi 11 mars 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution

African elephants can distinguish human languages, genders and ages associated with danger. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Exploring Nature in 1914 [Slide Show]

samedi 8 mars 2014 — Web Exclusives, More Science, History of Science, Evolution, Dinosaurs

A short trip down the natural history corridor of the Scientific American Archives from a century ago -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Did Dark Matter Kill the Dinosaurs?

vendredi 7 mars 2014 — More Science, Evolution, Dinosaurs, Space, Astrophysics, Space Exploration

The solar system's periodic passage through a "dark disk" on the galactic plane could trigger comet bombardments that would cause mass extinctions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American