First Life, Radioactivity, Brain Bugs, Life of Earth
August 1, 2011
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2011 issue of The Scientist.
A guide to free software for constructing and assessing species relationships
Fisheries scientist ordered to refuse interviews about research on salmon decline.
Protein interaction networks in Arabidopsis give clues to plant evolution and immunity.
The discovery of a new bird-like fossil challenges longstanding theories about which species of dinosaur gave rise to the avian lineage.
Like many fish and amphibians, the Guiana dolphin can sense low levels of electrical activity in the water—an ability not previously reported in true mammals.
People living in near the Earth’s poles, where days are often short and light often low, have larger eyes and visual cortices than those closer to the equator.
Unlike human brains, chimpanzee brains don’t get smaller as they age, suggesting that pronounced neurological decline is a uniquely human byproduct of our oversized brains and extreme longevity.