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Y Chromosome May Protect Against Cancer, Other Diseases

mardi 29 avril 2014 — Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Health

Elderly men who have lost the Y in blood cells have their lives cut short, compared with men who still have the little chromosome -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

California Animal Rights Groups Offer $10,000 Reward for Pelican Slasher

mardi 29 avril 2014 — More Science, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution

Frog-Killing Fungus Meets Its Match in Hidden World of Tiny Predators

lundi 28 avril 2014 — More Science, Biology, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Health

As I reported in a feature story in Scientific American last December , some fungi have been behaving badly of late, attacking bats, plants, amphibians, reptiles, and people with gusto, driving many... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Death Valley's First Life Came by Land, Not by Sea

lundi 28 avril 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology

Relying on evidence from Southwestern deserts, a biologist debunks an evolutionary theory that assumes continental sterility for Precambrian life -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Book Review: Nature's Nether Regions

samedi 26 avril 2014 — Recommended, More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

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

Scientific American

Worm Lizards: Lifestyles of the Limbless

samedi 26 avril 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Evolutionary Biology

There have never been enough amphisbaenians on Tet Zoo. In fact, the only time I've written about them at any sort of length is in the 2008 (and 2012) April Fool's article wherein they were... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Can Humans Hibernate? Ask the Dwarf Lemur

vendredi 25 avril 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Health, Medical Technology, Space Exploration

After a teenage stowaway flew from California to Hawaii hidden in the wheel well of an airplane this week, investigators immediately began to wonder how he had survived the freezing temperatures and... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

The Beguiling History of Bees [Excerpt]

vendredi 25 avril 2014 — Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The first bees existed around 130 million years ago at a time when our own ancestors were small, ratlike creatures -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Eating of Protected Animal Species Outlawed in China

vendredi 25 avril 2014 — Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Evolution

Can Whales and Dolphins Make Mental Maps?

jeudi 24 avril 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Neuroscience, Thought & Cognition

The brains of cetaceans--dolphins and whales--differ from those of other mammals in a number of ways, but one of the most striking differences is the size of the hippocampus. As a general rule,... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American