431-eldavojohn writes "The Logic of Chance: The Nature and Origin of Biological Evolution is a comprehensive snapshot of the latest research of biological evolution. The text is written by Eugene V. Koonin, an editor for a journal and researcher at NCBI. The book, although lacking in foundational knowledge and often foregoing explanation of research, presents a comprehensive and well-referenced view of modern evolutionary research.

421-Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share What does a family portrait look like when it represents a community of millions of people? For our  photo challenge this week, Mashable  readers sent us their photos, helping us to create a family portrait of our community. This past Sunday was Mother's Day in the U.S. Sons and daughters found time to pick up the phone and call their moms, and many families enjoyed the day together.

234-ScienceDaily (May 16, 2012) ? Bright black-and-red butterflies that flit across the sunlit edges of Amazonian rain forests are natural hedonists, and it does them good, according to genetic data published May 16 in the journal Nature.

262-ScienceDaily (May 16, 2012) ? Today's mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring and fire data from two distinct climate periods.

301-ScienceDaily (May 16, 2012) ? Baby galaxies from the young Universe more than 12 billion years ago evolved faster than previously thought, shows new research from the Niels Bohr Institute. This means that already in the early history of the Universe, there was potential for planet formation and life.

251-ScienceDaily (May 16, 2012) ? Chlorothalonil, one of the world's most common fungicides used pervasively on food crops and golf courses, was lethal to a wide variety of freshwater organisms in a new study, University of South Florida researchers said.

267-ScienceDaily (May 16, 2012) ? Scientists from the University of Southampton have discovered a previously unrecognised volcanic process, similar to one that is used in chocolate manufacturing, which gives important new insights into the dynamics of volcanic eruptions.

370-Registration is required to read this article. Summary: Creating electronic textbooks requires ingenuity, teamwork and multimedia savvy. Article tools print email download pdf order reprints rights and permissions share/bookmark Connotea CiteULike Facebook Twitter Delicious Digg Douglas Emlen is hard at work on an evolution textbook. But this is not just a print book.

418-The World Wide Web (aka - the Internet) was at first just a large number of disconnected sites.   In terms of world history, think of it as similar to the time when it was still popular to believe the Earth was flat.  Pockets of civilization existed all over the world, but they were completely isolated from each other. As the amount of disconnected information grew across the Internet, search engines were built.

392-Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share If you"re in the vast majority of Facebook users that won"t be buying or selling stock when the social network goes public Friday, your view on the IPO may be an apathetic "so what?" But there are lots of reasons that average Facebook users should be paying attention to Facebook"s IPO and what it means both now and in the future. Let"s start with the money.

490-Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share From its inception to version 4S, Apple's iPhone has had the same screen size: 3.5 inches. This might change with the next generation of the device, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the WSJ says Apple has ordered screens from its Asian suppliers measuring 'at least 4 inches diagonally.' No other details about Apple's upcoming smartphone have been revealed, and Apple has declined to comment.

479-Shares of Sohu.com (Nasdaq: SOHU  ) hit a 52-week low on Tuesday. Let's look at how the company got here and whether dark clouds are ahead. How it got hereSohu has fallen far from its all-time high of over $109 set more than a year ago, with shares roughly 60% lower. Chinese dot-coms were all the rage a couple of years ago, and some may have gotten ahead of themselves and have subsequently fallen back down to Earth. The past two quarters have mostly disappointed investors.

374-Comment survivre à quelque vingt-cinq années passées dans l'enfer d'un goulag nord-coréen, où, de surcroît, on est né? L'Express a rencontré un ex-prisonnier et son grand témoin, Blaine Harden. © Reuters Pour la plupart d'entre nous, les premiers souvenirs d'enfance sont d'ordre sensuel. Le parfum de maman. Le goût du bonbon préféré. Le toucher d'un tissu...

484-The first time I can remember realizing how critical mobile phones were to people was back in 2006, while I was working in India. It was a blistering summer, and I'd heard the news that rural farmers were waiting in mile long lines to bring their produce to market; most had to spend the night catching what sleep they could on their bullock carts. Sadly, the heat of the summer spoiled nearly all the produce that didn't make it to market that week, and many farmers were distraught.

411-ScienceDaily (May 15, 2012) ? Is Earth really a sort of giant living organism as the Gaia hypothesis predicts? A new discovery made at the University of Maryland may provide a key to answering this question. This key of sulfur could allow scientists to unlock heretofore hidden interactions between ocean organisms, atmosphere, and land -- interactions that might provide evidence supporting this famous theory.

331-ScienceDaily (May 15, 2012) ? Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who pioneered the use of satellite tags to monitor the migrations of elephant seals have compiled one of the largest datasets available for any marine mammal species, revealing their movements and diving behavior at sea in unprecedented detail.

396-ScienceDaily (May 15, 2012) ? Imagine having arthritis in your jaw bones ... if they're over 2 meters long! A new study by scientists at the University of Bristol has found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur, an ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago. Such a disease has never been described before in fossilized Jurassic reptiles.

197-ScienceDaily (May 15, 2012) ? A new study from MIT scientists suggests that the guidelines governments use to determine when to evacuate people following a nuclear accident may be too conservative.

317-ScienceDaily (May 15, 2012) ? Observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided the first X-ray evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas surrounding the star that exploded. This discovery may help astronomers understand why some supernovas are much more powerful than others.

220-ScienceDaily (May 15, 2012) ? For the first time, researchers have been able to combine different climate models using spatial statistics -- to project future seasonal temperature changes in regions across North America.