"The beauty of Antarctica is lethal," says Angela Posada-Swafford as she says goodbye to her fellow travelers. "The White South is like a bully who disguises himself under a veil of beauty and seduces you. The crew of the Gould sometimes say that they have had enough of Antarctica, that they will never return. But they end up doing so."
Kristen Gorman and Jen Blum go out early every day and come back around 10pm. They will spend the day among penguins and cormorants, petrels and skuas. They count them, mark them, measure them, weigh them. They study exactly what they eat, when and where.
A histological cut that looks like a face, an alien-like water flea, unicellular algae that float like light bulbs, ... Discover the winning photographs of Olympus Bioscapes, the most impressive annual digital photography contest.
The winners of Nikon Small World 2009, the annual international competition that for 35 years has awarded the best works in photomicrography are now known.
One day this theoretical physicist decided to put elementary particles aside to address a question that had been troubling him for years: the complexity of life. After the success of his work, today his research methods are used to deal with fundamental problems in economics, health and the environment. Since 2005 he has presided over the Santa Fe Institute, the temple of multidisciplinary science par excellence.
Migrating from one end of the planet to the other, flapping your wings, is expensive in energy terms. And even more so when climate change causes stronger winds and atmospheric instability, according to a study published in the journal PLoS ONE.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
