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Science News Briefs from All Over

mardi 4 février 2020 par Sarah Lewin Frasier — Environment, The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

Here are a few brief reports about international science and technology from around the world, including one from the Democratic Republic of the Congo about a toad that has evolved coloring that... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Squishy Cephalopod Was Almost a Pterosaur's Lunch

dimanche 2 février 2020 par Riley Black — The Sciences, Evolution

The fossil of an ancient squid relative tells paleontologists something new about the reptile that tried to feed on it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Squishy Cephalopod Was Almost a Pterosaur's Lunch

dimanche 2 février 2020 par Riley Black — The Sciences, Evolution

The fossil of an ancient squid relative tells paleontologists something new about the reptile that tried to feed on it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Did Animal Calls Start in the Dark?

samedi 1er février 2020 par Christopher Intagliata — The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

One hypothesis says the ability to vocalize arose in nocturnal animals—and a new evolutionary analysis suggests there may be some truth to it. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Sign Languages Display Distinct Ancestries

vendredi 31 janvier 2020 par Susanne Bard — Cognition, The Sciences, Arts & Culture, Evolution

Well more than 100 distinct sign languages exist worldwide, with each having features that made it possible for researchers to create an evolutionary tree of their lineages. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

How to Make a Mass Extinction

jeudi 30 janvier 2020 par Steve Mirsky — Sustainability, Climate, EARTH, Environment, Natural Disasters, The Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Physics, Policy & Ethics

Journalist and author Peter Brannen talks about his book The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Thousands of Ancient Aboriginal Sites Probably Damaged in Australian Fires

lundi 27 janvier 2020 par John Pickrell, Nature magazine — Sustainability, Natural Disasters, The Sciences, Evolution

The sites are rich in cultural history, but the blazes might also reveal some unknown ones, say archaeologists -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Some Wolf Pups Show Innate Fetching Talent

dimanche 26 janvier 2020 par Karen Hopkin — Behavior & Society, Cognition, The Sciences, Evolution

Some wolf pups will play fetch with a stranger, suggesting that an ability to playfully interact with people could have come before, and played a role in, dog domestication. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Curiosity Killed the ... Mouse?

vendredi 24 janvier 2020 par Karen Hopkin — The Sciences, Biology, Evolution

The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii boosts curiosity in mice—which makes them more likely to be caught by cats, thus continuing the parasite’s life cycle. Karen Hopkin reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Pop Culture's Rate of Change May Mirror Organic Evolution

mercredi 22 janvier 2020 par David Noonan — The Sciences, Arts & Culture, Evolution

A new study finds that music and some other human phenomena have altered at a pace comparable to that of animals such as Darwin’s finches -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American