pBy Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine/p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=epa-fights-back-over-mountaintop-mining[More]/a
Scientific American evaluates the scientific merit of the presidential candidates proposed policies a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/report.cfm?id=science-debate-grading-obama-romney-on-science[More]/a
iScientific American/i evaluates the scientific merit of the presidential candidates proposed policies a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/report.cfm?id=science-debate-grading-obama-romney-on-science[More]/a
pWhere#39;s the science? Scientific American , in an attempt to compensate for the deficit of important science issues discussed and debated so far in the presidential campaign, today offers its evaluation of Gov. Mitt Romney#39;s and Pres. Barack Obama#39;s answers to the 14 top science questions facing the U.S. A grassroots citizens#39; initiative known as ScienceDebate.org formulated the questions with the input of such leading organizations as the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Council on Competitiveness./p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-scientific-american-graded-obama-romney[More]/a
pWhere#39;s the science? Scientific American , in an attempt to compensate for the deficit of important science issues discussed and debated so far in the presidential campaign, today offers its evaluation of Gov. Mitt Romney#39;s and Pres. Barack Obama#39;s answers to the 14 top science questions facing the U.S. A grassroots citizens#39; initiative known as ScienceDebate.org formulated the questions with the input of such leading organizations as the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Council on Competitiveness./p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-scientific-american-graded-obama-romney[More]/a
pSleep is good for you. Getting by on too little sleep increases the risk for heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and other illnesses. It also makes it harder to lose weight or stay slim because sleep deprivation makes you hungrier and less likely to be active during the day./p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=your-fat-needs-sleep-too-12-10-16[More]/a
pSleep is good for you. Getting by on too little sleep increases the risk for heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and other illnesses. It also makes it harder to lose weight or stay slim because sleep deprivation makes you hungrier and less likely to be active during the day./p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=your-fat-needs-sleep-too-12-10-16[More]/a
pBy Geoff Brumfiel of Nature magazine/p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=badger-battle-erupts-in-england[More]/a
pPet turtles can be unsanitary. But Chinese soft-shelled turtles really up the ante on distasteful behavior. They perform a variation on urination--through their mouths./p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=urea-turtle-finds-unusual-excretion-12-10-16[More]/a
[caption id=attachment_368 align=alignleft width=210 caption=Karen Bales with prairie voles ] [/caption]First off, this study on a molecule tied to social interaction was conducted in animals. So Im supposed to turn on the siren and the flashing red light here to let you know that the headline you just read might not apply in humans. Still, the animals in question, prairie voles, are a special case, models of faithfulness that put humans to shame when it comes to the delicate topic of monogamy. Once hitched, the rodents stick with their mates for life--an example of moral pulchritude in the animal kingdom that many of us human sinners can never hope to emulate. It could easily become the state animal for whole regions of the U.S. a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=when-the-cuddle-hormone-is-a-home-wrecker[More]/a
[caption id=attachment_392 align=alignleft width=300 caption=One type of midshipman fish, the Atlantic midshipman (Porichthys plectrodo). Note the photophores along its belly. (Credit: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC, via Wikimedia Commons)] [/caption]With the exception of the cast of Disneys The Little Mermaid --and Big Mouth Billy Bass --fish do not spring to mind as the animal kingdoms most vocally gifted members. But one unusual singing fish has been teaching biologists and neuroscientists a lot about speech and hearing. Its bulging eyes and blubbery lips have graced several research posters at the Society for Neurosciences annual meeting , which is in New Orleans, Louisiana this year. a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=what-singing-fish-reveal-about-speech-and-hearing[More]/a
pIt is hard to know exactly when it became acceptable for U.S. politicians to be antiscience. For some two centuries science was a preeminent force in American politics, and scientific innovation has been the leading driver of U.S. economic growth since World War II. Kids in the 1960s gathered in school cafeterias to watch moon launches and landings on televisions wheeled in on carts. Breakthroughs in the 1970s and 1980s sparked the computer revolution and a new information economy. Advances in biology, based on evolutionary theory, created the biotech industry. New research in genetics is poised to transform the understanding of disease and the practice of medicine, agriculture and other fields./p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=antiscience-beliefs-jeopardize-us-democracy[More]/a
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pRed wine goes with steak, oil with vinegar, coffee with cream. But have you ever wondered why these pairings taste so good together? Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center think they know--and it has little to do with flavor. Instead the scientists think itrsquo;s about the way the different foods feel in your mouth./p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=food-pairings-rely-on-mouthfeel-12-10-15[More]/a
pRed wine goes with steak, oil with vinegar, coffee with cream. But have you ever wondered why these pairings taste so good together? Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center think they know--and it has little to do with flavor. Instead the scientists think itrsquo;s about the way the different foods feel in your mouth./p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=food-pairings-rely-on-mouthfeel-12-10-15[More]/a
