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Lindsey Konkel • February 20, 2009
Seventy million years before birds took flight, pterosaurs – some as large as a small airplane – somehow soared through the Mesozoic skies. Scientists have speculated for decades about how […]
Lindsey Konkel • January 29, 2009
One bee scientist looks ahead by cataloguing the past.
Lindsey Konkel • January 19, 2009
One fish’s evolution raises questions about what constitutes a species.
Lindsey Konkel • January 9, 2009
With the Super Bowl approaching in a fury of clashing helmets and diving tackles, the National Football League hardly conjures up a sensitive image, but sensitive is what the NFL […]
Lindsey Konkel • December 27, 2008
As short as they are enigmatic, the three-foot-tall “hobbit people” have provoked controversy since the 2003 discovery of their fossilized remains on the Indonesian island of Flores. No one knows […]
Lindsey Konkel • December 15, 2008
Asks Scott from Nyack, NY
Lindsey Konkel • December 3, 2008
Eavesdropping plants drop hints about ecosystem health.
Lindsey Konkel • November 18, 2008
If friends, family, and stuffed turkey aren’t reason enough to thank your lucky stars this Thanksgiving, you can add one more thing to the list – enzymes. Enzymes speed up […]
Lindsey Konkel • November 10, 2008
Asks Rob from Los Angeles, CA
Lindsey Konkel • November 5, 2008
One ugly insect overturns assumptions about the best mate.
Lindsey Konkel • September 23, 2008
Today’s kids may be able to read, write, and multiply, but will they be able to relate to the environment? The U.S. House of Representatives addressed this question when they […]