Trait adaptations in a Tibetan saber-toothed cat
Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a new study details unique findings, analysis and interpretation of saber-toothed cat fossils, offering a glimpse into how the fierce apex predators operated on the high plains of its native enviro.....»»
New climate model weighting method projects larger increase in precipitation change across Tibetan plateau
Precipitation change in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) will likely have profound effects on the regional ecosystem and on downstream monsoon weather systems......»»
Storytime marketing to millennials
Storytelling is an ancient human trait. We were perhaps making manifest our imaginings even before we had the spoken word. In the modern world, stories are as important to us as they ever were and are crucial to many human endeavors in the creative a.....»»
How do functional traits diversify and phylogenetically correlate for co-occurring understory species in boreal forests?
Determining the processes and mechanisms underlying community assembly is a favorite pastime for ecologists. During the past decade, functional trait-based approaches have been widely used to test mechanistic community assembly hypotheses through qua.....»»
Researchers boost rice yield by overcoming trait tradeoff between panicle number and size
Crop breeding is largely constrained by tradeoffs among different agronomic traits. Since many of these tradeoffs are caused by gene pleiotropy, reducing gene pleiotropy may make it easier to overcome these tradeoffs in plant breeding. However, few e.....»»
"Ambulance" review: Michael Bay delivers a wild ride you won"t want to miss
Hooray for Michael Bay. In a sea of action movies that are full of grit-toothed heroes taking grim villains oh-so-seriously, the high-octane mind behind Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, and — my personal favorite — Pain & Gain is back to r.....»»
3D imaging of mysterious cave-dwelling salamander reveals adaptations for life in the dark
A showcase of evolutionarily designed sensory organs is revealed through high-resolution images of the head of the exclusively cave-dwelling blind salamander, Proteus anguinus. The proteus is an evolutionary masterpiece of an unusual set of adaptions.....»»
Impact of urbanization on shrews: A city full of personalities
While shrews are evasive and rarely seen, these small insectivorous mammals are very abundant. One species, the greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) is particularly successful: it is expanding in Europe and has been identified as having an.....»»
First fossil of a daytime active owl found at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau
A research team led by Dr. Li Zhiheng and Dr. Thomas Stidham from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered the amazingly well-preserved fossil skeleton of an extinct owl t.....»»
Rotten Tomatoes’ Mark Ellis on Halo, Uncharted & video game adaptations
Rotten Tomatoes' Contributing Editor Mark Ellis talks to Digital Trends about Uncharted, Halo, and the future for video game adaptations......»»
A global variable-resolution model helps meteorologists understand the hydrological cycle throughout the Tibetan Plateau
Because of the vast high-elevation land, with an average elevation of over 4km, the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is known as the world's third pole. Its unique mid-latitude climate and elevation that provides a headwater area for many large Asiatic rivers al.....»»
Newly Discovered Saber-Toothed Predator Shows How Hypercarnivores Evolved
A well-preserved fossil introduces a new species that lived in what is now California around 42 million years ago -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
World War Z Update 1.33 Brings Cut & Mend Content, Including New Melee Weapon & Trinkets
The World War Z update 1.33 patch notes have been announced by Saber Interactive. The post World War Z Update 1.33 Brings Cut & Mend Content, Including New Melee Weapon & Trinkets appeared first on PlayStation Universe. Saber Interactive has ex.....»»
Newly Discovered Saber-Tooth Predator Shows How Hypercarnivores Evolved
A well-preserved fossil introduces a new species that lived in what is now California around 42 million years ago -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Men think they"re brighter than they are and women underestimate their IQ. Why?
When asked to estimate their own intelligence, most people will say they are above average, even though this is a statistical improbability. This is a normal, healthy cognitive bias and extends to any socially desirable trait such as honesty, driving.....»»
Fast-melting alpine permafrost may contribute to rising global temperatures
From the ancient sludge of lakebeds in Asia's Tibetan Plateau, scientists can decipher a vision of Earth's future. That future, it turns out, will look very similar to the mid-Pliocene warm period—an epoch 3.3 million to 3 million years ago when th.....»»
Hot springs reveal where continental plates collide beneath Tibet
In the classic example of mountain-building, the Indian and Asian continental plates crashed—and continue colliding today—to form the world's largest and highest geologic structures: the Himalayan Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau......»»
New Augmented Reality Models Bring Ice Age Animals to Virtual Life
Researchers want their models to inspire more accurate reconstructions of extinct animals such as mammoths and saber-toothed cats -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
How do blind cavefish survive their low-oxygen environment?
Cavefish have obvious adaptations such as missing eyes and pale colors that demonstrate how they evolved over millennia in a dark, subterranean world......»»
Ice Age Animals Come to Life via Augmented Reality
Researchers want their models to inspire more accurate reconstructions of extinct animals such as mammoths and saber-toothed cats -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Study finds agreeableness a helpful trait for general success in life
Following a major study of the effects of personality on job performance, researchers zoomed in on one personality trait—agreeableness—and found that it has a desirable effect on hundreds of physical, psychological and occupational metrics that i.....»»