Archive for June, 2012

The Paradox of Tetrachromacy

The Paradox of Tetrachromacy

Four-coned women are not usually aware of their ability to perceive superior color resolution. Not only is it difficult to self-identify as tetrachromatic, it is just as challenging to craft experiments to study it.

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Review: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters

Review: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters

Part textbook, part creationist’s worst nightmare, Prothero delivers an accessible resource for understanding both evolution and the ideology of its detractors.

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Spectacular Footage of Aurora Borealis

Spectacular Footage of Aurora Borealis

Take a few moments out of your busy day to bask in this peerless stop motion video of one of the planet’s most beautiful phenomena: the aurora borealis.

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Runaway Ice Loss in the Arctic

Runaway Ice Loss in the Arctic

Satellite observations paint a rather dreary picture of the situation at our North Pole.

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