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Stream of Thought Description of Teaching James's "Stream of Thought": A Work of Faction

samedi 7 décembre 2013 — Evolution,Mind & Brain,More Science,Health,Technology

Over the past few years, I’ve taught a humanities class for college freshmen, and among the required readings is the “ Stream of Thought ” section of William James’s classic... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Wonderful Things: The Pugnacious, Alien-esque Skeleton Shrimp

samedi 7 décembre 2013 — Evolution

The female and male of Liropus minusculus, a new species of skeleton shrimp discovered off California. The female symbol seems to have mysteriously been repulsed by the male symbol in this image.... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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How Long Have Humans Dominated the Planet?

vendredi 6 décembre 2013 — Energy & Sustainability,Environment,History of Science,Society & Policy,Ecology,Evolution,Climate,Biology,More Science

Want to know when the Anthropocene started exactly? It will only cost an entirely revamped scientific effort in archaeology, ecology and paleontology, among other disciplines, at an unprecedented... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Book Review: Shaping Humanity

vendredi 6 décembre 2013 — Evolution,Biology,Evolutionary Biology,Evolution,Archaeology & Paleontology

Shaping Humanity: How Science, Art, and Imagination Help Us Understand Our Origins [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Can You Guess Which Country Has the Most Endangered Species?

jeudi 5 décembre 2013 — Energy & Sustainability,More Science,Evolution

We’re number two! The United States is home to 1,278 species at risk of extinction — the second-highest count worldwide — according to the latest update of the International Union... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Honeybees Can Recognize Individual Human Faces

jeudi 5 décembre 2013 — Evolution,Thought & Cognition,Evolutionary Biology,Mind & Brain,Evolution

The ability to tell individual faces apart was long thought to be exclusive to large-brained mammals. But in recent years a number of studies have shown that, in fact, some wasps can facially... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Earliest Human DNA Shows Unforeseen Mixing with Mystery Population

mercredi 4 décembre 2013 — Evolution,Biology,Evolutionary Biology,Evolution,Archaeology & Paleontology

Another ancient genome, another mystery. DNA gleaned from a 400,000-year-old femur from Spain has revealed an unexpected link between Europe’s hominin inhabitants of the time and a cryptic... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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The Cryptozoologicon (Volume I): here, at last

mercredi 4 décembre 2013 — Evolution

Conway, Kosemen & Naish (2013), front cover. My newest book – Cryptozoologicon Volume I , co-authored with John Conway and C. M. “Memo” Kosemen – is now available ... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Best of the Blogs for October: A Bacon Fueled Brain

mardi 3 décembre 2013 — Energy & Sustainability,Mind & Brain,Evolution,Health,More Science

Check out the latest ‘Best-of-the-blogs’ video from the Scientific American Blog network! We’re talking a fat-fueled brain, the benefits of watching scary television, and the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Tiny Ohio Catfish Species, Last Seen in 1957, Declared Extinct

lundi 2 décembre 2013 — Energy & Sustainability,More Science,Evolution

Here’s the thing about extinctions: They are very rarely witnessed. The last members of a species in the wild tend to go quietly into the night with no one to witness their deaths. All too... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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