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"Highly Mobile" Testicles Frustrate Effort to Calm Hippos in Captivity

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — More Science,Evolutionary Biology,Evolution,Biology,More Science

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation , an online publication covering the latest research. [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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New Population of Critically Endangered Rabbits Found in (of All Places) a Nature Reserve

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — Energy & Sustainability,More Science,Evolution

With a wild population estimated at fewer than 400 individuals, South Africa’s riverine rabbit ( Bunolagus monticularis ) is just a hare’s breath away from extinction. Most of the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Ancient Times Table Hidden in Chinese Bamboo Strips

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — More Science, History of Science, Math, Society & Policy, Evolution

The 2,300-year-old matrix is the world's oldest decimal multiplication table -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Ancient Times Table Hidden in Chinese Bamboo Strips

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — More Science,Math,Evolution,More Science,History of Science,Society & Policy

From a few fragments out of a collection of 23-century-old bamboo strips, historians have pieced together what they say is the world's oldest example of a multiplication table in base 10.... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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What "Monster Porn" Says about Science and Sexuality

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — Evolution,Health,Mind & Brain

“ What does woman want? ” Freud once whined. Turns out quite a few women want fantasy sex with T. rex, Sasquatch or a boar-headed god. That, at any rate, is the implication of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Why drug discovery is hard - Part 2: Easter Island, Pit Vipers; Where do drugs come from?

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — Energy & Sustainability,Mind & Brain,More Science,Evolution,Health,Technology

The bark of the Pacific Yew tree which yields taxol, one of the world's bestselling anticancer drugs (Image: Wikipedia Commons) This is part 2 of a series of posts delving into the fundamental... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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An Unlikely GoPro Bandit: Caught in the Act!

lundi 6 janvier 2014 — Evolution,More Science

Check out this excellent video shot at a dive resort in Fiji. [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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A Missing Genetic Link in Human Evolution

lundi 6 janvier 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Mysterious episodes of genetic duplication in our great ape ancestors may have paved the way for human evolution -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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A Missing Genetic Link in Human Evolution

lundi 6 janvier 2014 — Evolution,More Science,Evolutionary Biology,Biology,Evolution

From Quanta Magazine ( find original story here ). [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Why drugs are expensive: It's the science, stupid.

lundi 6 janvier 2014 — Evolution,Mind & Brain,More Science,Health,Technology

A cartoon representation of part of the protein PCSK9, a significant new target for reducing cholesterol that until now has thwarted efforts to drug it (Image: Wikipedia Commons) This is part 1 of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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