Many ethologists do not agree with the possibility of recognizing forms of intelligence in animals. However, we cannot deny they show “intelligent” behaviors aimed at achieving particular adaptations to the environment. Just take into consideration what the members of the order of the Hymenoptera, the so-called social insects, are able […]
Anna Lacci
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The death of James Ephraim Lovelock, which occurred at the age of 103 on July 26, his birthday, deprived the world of research and science of a now rare figure of a multifaceted and stimulating, curious and provocative scientist. In over seven decades of active presence on the research and […]
For the summer we suggest a cruise aboard the English brig Beagle in the company of 22-year-old Charles Darwin. His curiosity for all forms of life and the enthusiasm that accompanies his daily discoveries of unsuspected realities will infect you and you will read the travel diary that inspired the […]
Telmo Pievani is a great scientific communicator, holder of the first Italian chair of Philosophy of Biological Sciences which he has held at the University of Padua since 2012. Among the various means of communication used in his dissemination activity there are many volumes in which the topics dealt with […]
A few years ago a neighbor of mine who had a very tidy garden asked me why, even though my husband and I were not as “precise” as he was, we had more fruit on the trees even if we did not give them any “medicines”. It was not easy […]