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Visualizing Protein Structures
Early schematics by Jane Richardson lay the foundation for her ubiquitous ribbon diagrams
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The Madagascan Skink Amphiglossus Eats Crabs
Neither stream-dwelling nor crab-eating are common pieces of behaviour in lizards. Madagascar is home to a morphologically and behaviourally diverse group of skinks, and a few of those are confirmed stream-dwellers... they are skulking, amphibious predators. Here - perhaps for the first time - I document a case in which one of these stream-dwelling skinks was observed and photographed eating crabs. If you're into lizards, this might be a big deal...
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Scientists increasingly understand why it's important to talk to the public, but few realize that science communication goes both ways
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Poachers Steal 7 Million South African Abalones a Year
Abalone poaching has soared to near-record levels and is now worth $440 million a year
Industry and Guns, 1916
Reported in Scientific American , this Week in World War I: February 5, 1916. As World War One progressed, military forces desperately needed heavier and heavier guns: naval guns for arming the largest “superdreadnought” battleships; railway guns brought in to bombard distant targets with huge shells; siege artillery for smashing the hardest targets.
2015 Was a Record-Setting Year for Wind, Part 2: % Generation
Denmark set a new record for wind power generation in 2015
Geology in Space! Recent Martian Discoveries Edition
Welcome to the 21st century, where robots are doing geology on other worlds! In this edition we're exploring Mars's rich geologic history—and finding potential signs of microbial life
The Venus Flytrap Can Count Past 2
A new Sesame Street star in the making?
India's Government Is Becoming Increasingly Antiscience
Scientists join writers, artists and historians in protesting the Modi government’s growing interference in academic affairs
2015 Was a Record-Setting Year for Wind, Part 1: New Capacity
A record-setting 62 gigawatts of new wind power was installed around the globe in 2015
Heavy: Caspian Turtles Are Polluted by Toxic Lead, Mercury and Cadmium
The heavy metals could cause low sperm counts, infertile eggs and other health problems
Peach Has a Picture Problem
The hot new messaging app made a rookie mistake and once again respect for image creators takes a back seat to aggressive feature-rollout.
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