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Why Life Does Not Really Exist

lundi 2 décembre 2013 — Evolution,Mind & Brain,More Science

A native bee in my backyard (Credit: Ferris Jabr) I have been fascinated with living things since childhood. Growing up in northern California, I spent a lot of time playing outdoors among plants... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Octopus Suckers Have Groovy Secret for Strength

dimanche 1er décembre 2013 — Evolution,Technology,More Science

Image courtesy of WikimediaCommons/steve_lodefink Octopus suckers are extraordinary. They can move and grasp objects independently. They can “taste” the water around them. They can even... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Sunday Species Snapshot: Daggernose Shark

dimanche 1er décembre 2013 — Energy & Sustainability,More Science,Evolution

These small sharks pose no threats to humans. The opposite, however, cannot be said. Species name: Daggernose shark ( Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus ). Notable for their flattened snouts and relatively... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Tool use in crocodylians: crocodiles and alligators use sticks as lures to attract waterbirds

samedi 30 novembre 2013 — Evolution

Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) at Madras Crocodile Bank, Tamil Nadu, India, with sticks on its head. What's going on here? Read on. Photo by Vladinir Dinets, from Dinets et al. (2013).... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Look into the Eyes: paleoart by Stevie Moore

samedi 30 novembre 2013 — Evolution,More Science

Suchomimus (C) Stevie Moore. Click the image to a see a larger version of each image on Moore's site. I think it’s the eyes. [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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This Skittered Across My Thanksgiving Table...

samedi 30 novembre 2013 — Evolution,Technology,More Science

A rare alignment of calendars brought an even rarer convergence of events at many Thanksgiving tables this week: Channukah gifts before Thanksgiving pie. And as such, this skittered across my table: ... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Nothing To Gobble At: Social Cognition in Turkeys

mercredi 27 novembre 2013 — Evolution,Mind & Brain

“For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird and withal a true original Native of America…” wrote Ben Franklin in a 1784 letter to his daughter.... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Thanksgiving and the Myth of the Savage Savage

mercredi 27 novembre 2013 — Evolution,Health,More Science

The approach of Thanksgiving, that quintessential American holiday, has me brooding over recent scientific portrayals of Native Americans as bellicose brutes.* When I was in grade school, my... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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How China's Pet Dogs Might Save Wild Tigers

mardi 26 novembre 2013 — Energy & Sustainability,Evolution,Health,More Science

A tiger mulls life at the Shanghai Zoo. (C) J. Patrick Fischer On the streets of Beijing, little old ladies coax even littler dogs to do their business. Some even bear the little plastic bags ... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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The golden age of computational materials science gives me a disturbing feeling of d j vu

mardi 26 novembre 2013 — Energy & Sustainability,Evolution,Technology,More Science

Graphene, a wonder material which was made by scientists using a version of Scotch tape (Image: Wikipedia) I was a mere toddler in the early 1980s when they announced the “golden age of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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