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Giant Dinosaur Walks Again in Supercomputer Simulation

lundi 23 décembre 2013 — Evolution,Computing,Evolutionary Biology,Archaeology & Paleontology,Dinosaurs

The South American dinosaur Argentinosaurus huinculensis would have had a hard time getting around. In fact, just standing up might have been difficult for the roughly 90-ton beast. When the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Sunday Species Snapshot: Alaotran Gentle Lemur

dimanche 22 décembre 2013 — Energy & Sustainability,More Science,Evolution

A primate that lives only in wetlands? That alone makes the Alaotran gentle lemur unique. But this tiny lemur lives in incredibly limited constrained habitat, which continues to shrink around it. ... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Octopus, How Do You Count Your Suckers?

dimanche 22 décembre 2013 — Evolution,More Science

Image courtesy of Flickr/MrTopher We all know that the male octopus uses his third right arm as a penis. (Oh, you didn’t? It’s true. Sometimes he even detaches it to give to the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

The SOS response: how bacteria deal with damaged DNA

dimanche 22 décembre 2013 — Evolution,More Science

DNA is important stuff. It’s present in all living organisms on the planet (or ‘almost all’ if you wish to remain friends with virologists) and contains the information required to... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

A Squamotastic Christmas at Tet Zoo

samedi 21 décembre 2013 — Evolution

My plan was to get something else finished for Tet Zoo before Christmas but, alas, that just wasn’t possible. So here’s this… [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Readers' Choices of Nature's Top Science Blog Posts in 2013

samedi 21 décembre 2013 — More Science, Biology, Physics, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Communications

See which science blog posts were most-read on Nature's Web site this year -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Readers' Choices of Nature 's Top Science Blog Posts in 2013

samedi 21 décembre 2013 — More Science,Biology,Environment,Physics,Communications,More Science,Evolution,Energy & Sustainability,Archaeology & Paleontology,Society & Policy

Originally posted on the Nature news blog [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

How an Agnostic Celebrates Winter Solstice, the Year's Darkest Day

vendredi 20 décembre 2013 — Evolution,Space,Health,Mind & Brain

To celebrate Winter Solstice, darkest day of the year, I’m posting an edited version of a column I originally wrote for The New York Times more than a decade ago, before I got divorced and... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Chameleons Talk Tough by Changing Colors

jeudi 19 décembre 2013 — Environment, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Evidence suggests that the lizards have evolved their dynamic color palette as a means of communication, including information about their willingness to rumble -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Chameleons Talk Tough by Changing Colors

jeudi 19 décembre 2013 — Evolution,Evolutionary Biology,Evolution,Environment

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

Scientific American