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Olduvai's Lions Have a Bone to Pick

mardi 17 mai 2016 par Brian Switek — The Sciences, Evolution

A skeletal cache has revealed an unseen aspect of lion behavior. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

The Ascent of Mammals

mardi 17 mai 2016 par Stephen Brusatte, Zhe-Xi Luo — Features, The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

Recent fossil discoveries reveal that evolution began laying the groundwork for their rise to world domination long before the dinosaur-killing asteroid cleared the playing field -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

How Early Mammals Evolved for Success

mardi 17 mai 2016 par Mariette DiChristina — From the Editor, The Sciences, Arts & Culture, Evolution

A preview by our editor in chief of the June 2016 issue of Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Underwater Archaeologists Find Ancient Butchering Site in Florida

lundi 16 mai 2016 par Emma Marris, Nature magazine — The Sciences, Evolution

Tools and bones add to evidence of pre-Clovis humans in America -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Sean M. Carroll Looks at The Big Picture

jeudi 12 mai 2016 par Sean M. Carroll, Steve Mirsky — Mind, The Sciences, Arts & Culture, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Math, Physics, Space

Caltech theoretical physicist Sean M. Carroll talks about his new book The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself. (Dutton, 2016) -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Microbe Breaks the Powerhouse Rules

jeudi 12 mai 2016 par Christopher Intagliata — The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

A single-celled organism discovered in chinchilla droppings is the only known eukaryotic organism that lacks mitochondria-like organelles. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Is Zika How Humanity Ends?

jeudi 12 mai 2016 par Caleb A. Scharf — Mind, Neurological Health, The Sciences, Evolution

Probably not, but pathogens that damage brains may earn a special place in cosmic hell -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Gorillas Hum and Sing While They Eat to Say, "Do Not Disturb"

jeudi 12 mai 2016 par Steve Mirsky — Anti Gravity, The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

Our gorilla cousins sing as they supper -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Burying Bones of Contention: Native Americans Close to Getting Ancestral Skeleton Back

jeudi 12 mai 2016 par Zach Zorich — The Sciences, Arts & Culture, Biology, Evolution

The Kennewick Man skeleton has been deemed Native American, but a cultural question delays its burial -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Everything There Is

jeudi 12 mai 2016 par Steve Mirsky — Mind, EARTH, The Sciences, Arts & Culture, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Math, Physics, Space

Caltech theoretical physicist Sean M. Carroll talks about the necessary connections among the various ways we have of describing the universe. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American