The specimen then made its way to Cosimo Alessandro Collini, an Italian natural scientist who didn't really know what to make of it. He incorrectly concluded that its unusually long fourth finger supported a paddle for swimming, though in his defense, the skeleton was found in an ancient ...
The Principle of Plurality: Plurality should not be posited without necessity The Principle of Parsimony: It is pointless to do with more what is done with less Taken together, they represent the basis of humanity's investigation into the universe, and the way we see our environment is largely...
Here the dynamic young scientist Patrick Roberts tackles the history of the tropics, from the coal swamps of 300 million years ago, through the co-evolutionary dance of dinosaurs and mammals and flowers, to how our own human history has been shaped by vegetation. As environments are changing ...
The Next Frontier: Probing The Mind Of Another Species -- Ours; How Monkeys See Scientists - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life SciencesDorothy CheneyRobert Seyfarth
In 1753, a Swedish scientist, Carl Linnaeus, devised a system for grouping, classifying and naming organisms on the basis of shared physical characteristics, which would serve as a measure of biological relationships. (If they had many shared characteristics, he supposed they must be more closely...
For example, a student interested in genetics might choose Rosalind Franklin, the overlooked scientist who helped discover the structure of DNA. You don’t have to stick to purely academic interests though. Maybe you’re passionate about environmental justice and you want to talk to John Muir, ...
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/carson.html "Major Environmental Laws." EPA. http://www.epa.gov/epahome/laws.htm "Pesticides: Endangered Species Protection Program." EPA. http://www.epa.gov/espp/ Solomon, John and Juliet Eilpenn. "Bush's EPA Is Pursuing Fewer ...
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But that image has come under inspection in recent years, as shark researchers around the world have discovered the fish gathering in large numbers and interacting with others of their own species in ways that are obviously friendly. Yannis Papastamatiou, a marine scientist at Florida ...
What is fertilizer and why do plants need it? Will there be farms in New York City's skyscrapers? More Great Links The International Space Station NASA's Mars Exploration Program The Mars Society Sources "Advanced Astroculture TM (ADVASC)" ISS Program Scientist's Office. 3/7/2008. (5/14...