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Shark Species Thought to Be Extinct Found in Fish Market [Slide Show]

lundi 13 janvier 2014 — More Science, Biology, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Evolution

After more than a century, the smoothtooth blacktip shark has been rediscovered -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Love Wine and Tea? Scientists Discover Plant Part Whence Their Pucker Springs

dimanche 12 janvier 2014 — Evolution

Teas made from variously fermented leaves. Left to right: Green, yellow, oolong, and black. Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Click for source. When you take a sip of red wine or black tea,... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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North America: land of obscure, freaky voles

dimanche 12 janvier 2014 — Evolution

Arborimus longicaudus, based on a photo in Nowak (1999). Image by Darren Naish, colouring by Gareth Monger. CC BY. As a European person, I find European voles (and, to a degree, Asian voles) pretty... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Why drug discovery is hard - Part 3: Vacuum cleaners that make Sir James Dyson weep

vendredi 10 janvier 2014 — Evolution,Mind & Brain,More Science,Health,Technology

P-glycoprotein (PgP): A combination of vacuum cleaner and high-powered pump that is designed to eject drug molecules out of the cell( Image: Wikipedia Commons) This is part 3 of a series of posts... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Octopus Arms, Human Tongues Intertwine for Science

vendredi 10 janvier 2014 — Evolution,More Science,Health,Mind & Brain

Image courtesy of Flickr/Joe Parks Unless you’ve eaten sannakji, the Korean specialty of semi-live octopus, you might never have had a squirming octopus arm in your mouth. [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Fish Go Birding [Video]

jeudi 9 janvier 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Tigerfish have now been confirmed to swallow swallows after grabbing them out of the air over a lake in South Africa -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Fish Go Birding [Video]

jeudi 9 janvier 2014 — Evolution,More Science,Evolutionary Biology,Biology,Evolution

The waters of the African lake seem calm and peaceful. A few migrant swallows flit near the surface. Suddenly, leaping from the water, a fish grabs one of the famously speedy birds straight out of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Shocking Study Finds Lions are Nearly Extinct in West Africa

mercredi 8 janvier 2014 — Energy & Sustainability,More Science,Evolution

Physically and emotionally demanding. That’s how Philipp Henschel, Lion Program Survey Coordinator for the big-cat conservation organization Panthera , describes the six years he and other... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Slowly Evolving Elephant Shark Offers Clues about Why Some Fishes Have No Bones

mercredi 8 janvier 2014 — Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The elephant shark is a relic of a bygone age. Like the coelacanth , it is sometimes referred to as a “living fossil,” a creature alive today that has changed little since it first... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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