There's just one Franciscan manzanita ( Arctostaphylos hookeri franciscana ) plant left in the wild, and it could soon get protected status under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).The U.S...
Have a great weekend - I hope you use it to catch up with our bloggers, including their today's output:- Kalliopi Monoyios - ScienceArt Competitions & Exhibits: Upcoming Deadlines!&...
I love science, and I love the scientific method. I think that the scientific method is one of the most useful ways of knowing out there. I have devoted my life not only to the study of the science of human evolution and female reproductive physiology, but to increasing science appreciation and literacy in the general public.So why am I always criticizing it?Two reasons...
Few things remain as mysterious—or controversial—as our own history as a species. However, a series of papers released in Science may add another piece to the puzzle: Four papers draw back the curtain on Australopithecus sediba, announced earlier this year, detailing morphological features of the hand, foot, pelvis, and skull that may establish this species within the ancestral lineage of modern humans.In a subterranean cave at Malapa, South Africa, approximately 25 miles (40km) from Johannesburg, the remains of numerous hominins identified as Australopithecus sediba have lain between layers of flowstone—a type of rock that forms in caves, similar in composition to stalagmites and stalactites, except as the name implies, this rock forms in a layer that “flows” across the surface...
Follow Dr. Katrina Edwards, as she explores the microbial life at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean The calm before the storm is definitely over. I’m anxious to begin and nervous about leaving...
Perfume cannot be digitized. Strange as it may seem, science has not yet figured out the sense of smell. There are no devices like photocopiers or telephones to easily reproduce or transmit odors as with music, graphic, or literary works...
Letters to the editor from the May 2011 issue of Scientific American
This time of year seems to carry many deadlines for exhibitions and imagery contests. I thought it might help to list a few of the competitions I know about with their deadlines for submission so that you scienceart peeps could submit the schpectacular work I know you’re sitting on...
Still enjoying Belgrade, but having fun every now and then checking in with the bloggers - some awesome stuff today again: - John Horgan - Did the U.S.
"The brain holds on to false facts, even after they have been retracted"—Valerie Ross , "Lingering Lies: The Persistent Influence of Misinformation," Scientific American MIND , July 2011Lingering lies and entirely false scientific statements sometimes make a bigger impact on the public, policy, elections and scientific practice than do the facts themselves...
Australopithecus sediba is a mosaic of modern and primitive traits.
No shortage of articles have been published about the deep distrust exhibited by most 2012 Republican presidential candidates toward specific scientific findings—notably evolution and climate change—as well as in some cases toward science itself...
MyMicrobes project will gather DNA data from online community.
I’ve written about cattle – living and fossil – at least a few times on Tet Zoo (see links below). What a fascinating and awesome assemblage of mammalian herbivores.
It's Wednesday, time for a new Video of the Week on the right side-bar - take a look.From the bloggers:- David Wogan - Central Texas is on fire – vulnerability, the grid, and the view from space - Kalliopi Monoyios - 3 Marketing Mistakes Young Illustrators Make - John R...
Fossil suggests evolutionary order requires revision
The diversity of these ocean drifters, crucial to all life on Earth, is revealed in a new book
September 7, 1936 the last thylacine ( Thylacinus cynocephalus ) died at the Hobart Zoo (Tasmania). Modern legends attributed him the name Benjamin and a gruesome death - neglected and forgotten he (or more probably she) died from depression and the harsh weather...
Once upon a time there was a national meeting of fungi, overseen by fairies and witches to keep it running smoothly. The fungi were gathered from all over the world to determine who should rule their kingdom...
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