Is This the Year the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow Goes Extinct?
Things don’t look good for these critically endangered birds, but a captive-breeding program could help save them
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Source: Scientific American - February 5, 2018 Category: Science Authors: John R. Platt Tags: Sustainability Conservation Source Type: research
Why Do Birds Get Divorced?
For blue tits, timing can be a factor in whether they remain together or part ways
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Source: Scientific American - February 5, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Jason G. Goldman Tags: The Sciences Biology Evolution Source Type: research
The Science of Diet & Exercise
For decades, experts reduced weight loss to simple math: burn more calories than you consume, without too much regard for what you consumed. Another old maxim presupposes that people who are more...
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Source: Scientific American - February 5, 2018 Category: Science Source Type: research
Paleo Profile: The Mansoura Lizard
A dinosaur from Egypt helps make sense of global patterns among long-necked herbivores
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Source: Scientific American - February 5, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Brian Switek Tags: The Sciences Evolution Source Type: research
Exoplanetary Science, Build 2.0
The time is ripe for getting really serious about other worlds, and other life
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Source: Scientific American - February 4, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Caleb A. Scharf Tags: The Sciences Space Source Type: research
How to Get Mistaken for a Geologist
Geologists are cool! Here's how you can play one on the internet.
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Source: Scientific American - February 4, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Dana Hunter Tags: EARTH The Sciences Source Type: research
The Evolution of Attraction, the Magnetic Force That Created the World and Other New Science Books
Book recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
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Source: Scientific American - February 4, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Andrea Gawrylewski Tags: Recommended The Sciences Arts & Culture Source Type: research
Texas Got 18 Percent of Its Energy from Wind and Solar Last Year
For years critics have claimed grid costs and stability will spiral out of control before we hit 20 percent renewable energy. Texas is proving them wrong
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Source: Scientific American - February 4, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Robert Fares Tags: Sustainability Climate Conservation Tech Energy Engineering The Sciences Policy & Ethics Source Type: research
Can You Get the Flu Twice in 1 Season?
Getting sick with a single strain does not necessarily protect you from others
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Source: Scientific American - February 4, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Rachael Rettner LiveScience Tags: Health Medicine Public Health The Body Wellness Source Type: research
Can You Get the Flu Twice in One Season?
Getting sick with a single strain does not necessarily protect you from others
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Source: Scientific American - February 4, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Rachael Rettner LiveScience Tags: Health Medicine Public Health The Body Wellness Source Type: research
In a World of Shifting Sand, Algae Turn to Dark Fermentation
For light-loving marine microbes, living in sand means having a good Plan B
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Source: Scientific American - February 4, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Jennifer Frazer Tags: The Sciences Biology Source Type: research
A Point about Horned Dinosaurs
New finds have complicated the traditional way of distinguishing horned dinosaurs
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Source: Scientific American - February 3, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Brian Switek Tags: The Sciences Evolution Source Type: research
Geology Grab Bag: Earthy Disasters and Earthquakes from Space, Oh My!
Three incidents of earth on the move show us why geology matters to human settlements.
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Source: Scientific American - February 3, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Dana Hunter Tags: Natural Disasters The Sciences Source Type: research
Readers Respond to the October 2017 Issue
Letters to the editor from the October 2017 issue of Scientific American
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Source: Scientific American - February 3, 2018 Category: Science Tags: Letters The Sciences Arts & Culture Source Type: research
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Top news from around the world
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Source: Scientific American - February 3, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Yasemin Saplakoglu Tags: Advances The Sciences Policy & Ethics Source Type: research
