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Darwin s Morning After Pill: How Couples Who Want Children Can Increase Their Chances

vendredi 27 décembre 2013 — Evolution,More Science,Health,Mind & Brain

"Pregnant Woman" by Alice Neels (1971) [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Open access 2013: A year of gaining momentum

jeudi 26 décembre 2013 — Energy & Sustainability,Mind & Brain,Space,More Science,Evolution,Health,Technology

Was this the year open access for science reached critical mass? One hypothesis suggests that a transformative group needs to reach one-third to be prominent and persisting. [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Nature's Best Science Features of 2013

mercredi 25 décembre 2013 — More Science, Biology, Physics, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Climate, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Health, Neuroscience, Space, Astrophysics, Technology

The editors of Nature picked these feature stories as the best among the magazine's longer journalistic reports of the year -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Nature 's Best Science Features of 2013

mercredi 25 décembre 2013 — More Science,Biology,Health,Physics,Space,Technology,Neuroscience,More Science,Evolution,Energy & Sustainability,Astrophysics,Climate,Archaeology & Paleontology,Society & Policy

The status of women in science, the nature of black holes and the role of cattle domestication in human prehistory were the topics of some of our favorite long-form pieces of 2013. [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Top Ten Strangest Animal Moments of 2013

mardi 24 décembre 2013 — Evolution,More Science

New species of skin-feeder: Microcaecilia dermatophaga. Credit: Wilkinson, Sherratt, et. al. It’s been a good year for strange animals. Which is something you could probably say about every... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Rudolph's Eyes Top His Nose

mardi 24 décembre 2013 — More Science, Biology, Physics, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Arctic reindeer eyes change color with the seasons to maximize their sight in the dim winter light. Allie Wilkinson reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Rudolph's Eyes Top His Nose

mardi 24 décembre 2013 — Evolution,Physics,Evolutionary Biology,Evolution,Biology,More Science

The color of Rudolph's nose has long been the talk of the town. But the color of his eyes may be more interesting. Because Arctic reindeers' eyes change color with the seasons--from gold in... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Counting Fish: Wrap Up and Conclusion

lundi 23 décembre 2013 — Energy & Sustainability,Evolution

Credit: Melissa Gaskill Since July 2012, I’ve been posting about a study of artificial reefs along the Texas coast. Scientists at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies in... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Fish Found: The Greatest Conservation Success Story of 2013?

lundi 23 décembre 2013 — Energy & Sustainability,More Science,Evolution

Seven months ago things looked pretty bleak for the Mangarahara cichlid ( Ptychochromis insolitus ). The only habitat for this rare Madagascar fish species had been destroyed and the cichlid was down... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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