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January 31, 2009
Category: Animals
Hollywood cavemen typically communicate with grunts and snorts, reflecting a belief that human language originated like this and slowly evolved into the rich and sophisticated tongues we use today. But researchers from Emory University, Atlanta have found evidence that the...
Posted by Ed Yong at 12:00 PM • 3 Comments •
January 30, 2009
Category: Education
Chinese physics students trounce Americans in terms of knowledge, but both are matched in terms of reasoning
Posted by Ed Yong at 8:30 AM • 43 Comments •
I don't normally post videos here, but when it's David Attenborough doing the talking, I'm more than happy to make an exception. This man is a legend, and has done so much to promote the majesty of nature to the...
Posted by Ed Yong at 7:29 AM • 9 Comments •
January 29, 2009
Category: Animal behaviour
This signalling chemical is necessary and sufficient for bringing out the social side of locusts
Posted by Ed Yong at 2:00 PM • 12 Comments •
January 28, 2009
Category: Animals
Shrinking Antarctic sea ice could dramatically slash current populations by 2100.
Posted by Ed Yong at 8:34 AM • 7 Comments •
January 27, 2009
Category: Dinosaurs
Its frequency of skull injuries, relative to Centrosaurus, suggest that its horns weren't just for show.
Posted by Ed Yong at 8:00 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Personal
Last week, President Obama stated in his inaugural address that he would "restore science to its rightful place." ScienceBlogs has been quick to capitalise on his words by launching a new initiative called The Rightful Place Project. As an opening...
Posted by Ed Yong at 9:23 AM • 12 Comments •
January 26, 2009
Category: Medicine & health
Could lower insulin levels be behind the improvements?
Posted by Ed Yong at 5:00 PM • 8 Comments •
January 25, 2009
Category: Animals
One female bottlenose has learned to flush out cuttlefish, kill, de-ink and "debone" them.
Posted by Ed Yong at 12:00 PM • 6 Comments •
January 24, 2009
Category: Personal
A little light weekend treat for you. This beach scence was drawn using eight strains of glowing bacteria. Each has been engineered to produce a differently coloured fluorescent protein. The bacteria were swabbed over a nutrient plate and left to...
Posted by Ed Yong at 12:00 PM • 13 Comments •
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