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Geologists Measure Bullet Damage to Ancient Middle Eastern Settlements

mercredi 5 décembre 2018 par Sarah Wild, Nature magazine — The Sciences, Evolution

The ultimate goal is to inform efforts to conserve or repair heritage sites -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Plants That Lived on Mount Everest Rediscovered in Forgotten Lab Collection Â

samedi 1er décembre 2018 par Katherine Kornei — Advances, The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

The specimens, which went unstudied for nearly seven decades, show adaptations to high elevation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

A Supervolcano with a Cold Heart May Be Brewing in Chile

samedi 1er décembre 2018 par Shannon Hall — Features, The Sciences, Evolution

A supervolcano may be brewing underneath Chile, with a cold interior that is upending ideas about triggers of huge eruptions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Rolling under the Sea: Scientists Gave Octopuses Ecstasy to Study Social Behavior Â

samedi 1er décembre 2018 par Rachel Nuwer — Advances, The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

Cephalopods on the recreational drug behave much like humans do, even touching and hugging their peers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Ingenious Method Reveals Precious Human Remains Hidden in Fossil "Junk" Â

samedi 1er décembre 2018 par Thomas Higham, Katerina Douka — Features, The Sciences, Evolution

A new technique for identifying tiny fragments of fossilized bone is helping to answer key questions about when, where and how human species interacted with one another -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Blue Whales Have Changed Their Tune

samedi 1er décembre 2018 par Christopher Intagliata — Sustainability, Conservation, EARTH, Environment, The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

In the last few decades blue whale calls have been getting lower in pitch—and a rebound in their numbers may be the reason. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Your Dog May Not Be a Genius, after All

mardi 27 novembre 2018 par David Z. Hambrick — Mind, Cognition, Biology, Evolution

New study finds that canines are not exceptional in the animal world -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Rains Bring a Microbial Massacre to Chilean Desert

mardi 20 novembre 2018 par Christopher Intagliata — The Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Space

Freak heavy rainstorms in 2015 and 2017 wiped out many dry-adapted microbes in the Atacama Desert, useful info in the search for life off Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American