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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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"Highly Mobile" Testicles Frustrate Effort to Calm Hippos in Captivity

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

Vets for zoos may seek to castrate hippos to tamp down the animals' aggression, but special techniques are needed to locate the organs -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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"Highly Mobile" Testicles Frustrate Effort to Calm Hippos in Captivity

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — More Science,Evolutionary Biology,Evolution,Biology,More Science

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

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New Population of Critically Endangered Rabbits Found in (of All Places) a Nature Reserve

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — Energy & Sustainability,More Science,Evolution

With a wild population estimated at fewer than 400 individuals, South Africa’s riverine rabbit ( Bunolagus monticularis ) is just a hare’s breath away from extinction. Most of the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Ancient Times Table Hidden in Chinese Bamboo Strips

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — More Science, History of Science, Math, Society & Policy, Evolution

The 2,300-year-old matrix is the world's oldest decimal multiplication table -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Ancient Times Table Hidden in Chinese Bamboo Strips

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — More Science,Math,Evolution,More Science,History of Science,Society & Policy

From a few fragments out of a collection of 23-century-old bamboo strips, historians have pieced together what they say is the world's oldest example of a multiplication table in base 10.... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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What "Monster Porn" Says about Science and Sexuality

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — Evolution,Health,Mind & Brain

“ What does woman want? ” Freud once whined. Turns out quite a few women want fantasy sex with T. rex, Sasquatch or a boar-headed god. That, at any rate, is the implication of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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Why drug discovery is hard - Part 2: Easter Island, Pit Vipers; Where do drugs come from?

mardi 7 janvier 2014 — Energy & Sustainability,Mind & Brain,More Science,Evolution,Health,Technology

The bark of the Pacific Yew tree which yields taxol, one of the world's bestselling anticancer drugs (Image: Wikipedia Commons) This is part 2 of a series of posts delving into the fundamental... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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