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EPA Approves Dow's Enlist Herbicide for GMOs

mercredi 15 octobre 2014 — More Science, Everyday Science, Society & Policy, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Biotechnology

By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency gave final approval on Wednesday to a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences that has faced broad opposition, ordering a series of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Failure to Protect Wolverine Prompts Lawsuit

mardi 14 octobre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

Wildlife conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government for denying federal protection for rare wolverines in the mountains of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, the groups' attorney... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Where Does Ebola Hide?

mardi 14 octobre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Everyday Science, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Health, Infectious Diseases

Fruit bats are the most likely carriers of Ebola but it is human-to-human transmission that matters most now -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Book Review: Arrival of the Fittest

dimanche 12 octobre 2014 — Recommended, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Books and recommendations from Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Not-So-Intelligent Design: Evolutionâ€™s Worst Ideas

samedi 11 octobre 2014 — Web Exclusives, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

An interview with the author of WTF Evolution?, a book and blog on the oddities of nature -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Skinks skinks skinks (part I)

samedi 11 octobre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Skinks (properly Scincidae… though read on) are one of the most successful of squamate groups, accounting for approximately 1500 species - in other words, for about 25% of all lizards. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Plant Biology Informs the Origins of the Stradivarius

vendredi 10 octobre 2014 — More Science, Biology, History of Science, Evolution

A tomato expert and viola player uses plant statistics to trace the history of the violin -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Book Review: WTF, Evolution?!

vendredi 10 octobre 2014 — Recommended, More Science, Biology, Science Education, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Books and recommendations from Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Poison Dart Frog Threatened by Toxic Gold Mines

jeudi 9 octobre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

A tiny species of poison dart frog barely the size of a human fingernail has been discovered in a pocket of forest in central Panama, but its unique chirps may not be heard for much longer. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Is Kindness Physically Attractive?

jeudi 9 octobre 2014 — More Science, Biology, Everyday Science, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Language & Linguistics, Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Psychology, Thought & Cognition

One of the most robust findings in social psychology is the beauty-is-good stereotype: physically attractive people are perceived and treated more positively than physically unattractive people [1]. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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