“Our fragmentary and rapidly evolving understanding is reminiscent of the situation faced by cartographers of the earth’s surface many centuries ago, when…
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post The challenge to define cortex (By Ashley Juavinett)
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Climate Change Behavioral Flexibility May Help Some Animals Deal with a Changing Climate
A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and its partners has identified the circumstances in which some animals change their behaviors…
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post Shark Week: 2nd Annual Fossil Shark Hall of Fame
Okay, folks, it’s that time of year again. The week that either fills you with elation or dread. It’s….SHARK WEEK. This week…
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post Guest post: Why Precambrian life suddenly got big
This guest post was contributed by Dr. Isabel Torres, a science editor and writer. This guest post reflects the views solely of…
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post Giant, bone-crushing croc was the top predator of its time
Imagine an armoured crocodile, 3 times the length of a human adult, and with a bulky head filled with razor sharp, bone…
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post Genemods June newsreel and new podcast
The Synbio Newsreel is guest contributed by Isaac Larkin from the Northwestern University synthetic biology club called GeneMods. This post can be originally…
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post The brain basis of “hatred of sound:” Misophonia
“Munch, munch, munch.” For most of us, the sounds of our lunch date chewing or a coworker clicking their pen are everyday…
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post Can the Laws of Robotics be Adapted for Paleontology?
The Laws of Robotics, created by writer Isaac Asimov, are one of the widely-known ethical concepts to spring forth from science fiction. These three…
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Conservation A U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Could Be Bad News for Wildlife
In late January, the Trump administration announced plans to move forward on building a border wall along the southern border with Mexico…
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post Ooooh, Barracuda!
Barracuda are fearsome aquatic predators, also known within pop culture for that song by Heart. The fish (not the song) within the genus Sphyraena…
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post Food Evolution documentary looks at science, money, and fake news around GMOs
Food Evolution aims to take a look at the science underlying the heated rhetoric of the GMO debate. Filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy…
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post Oldest known crocodiloid eggs discovered in Portugal
150 million years ago, Portugal was a completely different place to now. While much of the beautiful landscapes still existed, the animals…