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North America: land of obscure, freaky voles

dimanche 12 janvier 2014 — Evolution

Arborimus longicaudus, based on a photo in Nowak (1999). Image by Darren Naish, colouring by Gareth Monger. CC BY. As a European person, I find European voles (and, to a degree, Asian voles) pretty... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Why drug discovery is hard - Part 3: Vacuum cleaners that make Sir James Dyson weep

vendredi 10 janvier 2014 — Evolution,Mind & Brain,More Science,Health,Technology

P-glycoprotein (PgP): A combination of vacuum cleaner and high-powered pump that is designed to eject drug molecules out of the cell( Image: Wikipedia Commons) This is part 3 of a series of posts... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Octopus Arms, Human Tongues Intertwine for Science

vendredi 10 janvier 2014 — Evolution,More Science,Health,Mind & Brain

Image courtesy of Flickr/Joe Parks Unless you’ve eaten sannakji, the Korean specialty of semi-live octopus, you might never have had a squirming octopus arm in your mouth. [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Fish Go Birding [Video]

jeudi 9 janvier 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Tigerfish have now been confirmed to swallow swallows after grabbing them out of the air over a lake in South Africa -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Fish Go Birding [Video]

jeudi 9 janvier 2014 — Evolution,More Science,Evolutionary Biology,Biology,Evolution

The waters of the African lake seem calm and peaceful. A few migrant swallows flit near the surface. Suddenly, leaping from the water, a fish grabs one of the famously speedy birds straight out of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Shocking Study Finds Lions are Nearly Extinct in West Africa

mercredi 8 janvier 2014 — Energy & Sustainability,More Science,Evolution

Physically and emotionally demanding. That’s how Philipp Henschel, Lion Program Survey Coordinator for the big-cat conservation organization Panthera , describes the six years he and other... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Slowly Evolving Elephant Shark Offers Clues about Why Some Fishes Have No Bones

mercredi 8 janvier 2014 — Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The elephant shark is a relic of a bygone age. Like the coelacanth , it is sometimes referred to as a “living fossil,” a creature alive today that has changed little since it first... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Island Lizards Are Tamer Than Mainland Counterparts

mercredi 8 janvier 2014 — More Science, Biology, History of Science, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The finding could be due to lower predator numbers on islands -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Island Lizards Are Tamer Than Mainland Counterparts

mercredi 8 janvier 2014 — Evolution,History of Science,Evolutionary Biology,Evolution,Biology,More Science

When Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands, he noted that many of its animal inhabitants were so unafraid of people that “a gun is here almost superfluous”. He swatted birds with... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Catch the Wave: Decoding the Prairie Dog's Contagious Jump-Yip

mercredi 8 janvier 2014 — Evolution,More Science

A black-tailed prairie dog jump-yipping. Credit: Darlene Stack Prairie dogs have the most sophisticated vocal language ever decoded. Even better than chimps, dolphins and orcas. This could change... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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