Fukushima jährt sich am heutigen Tage bereits zum fünften Mal. Doch auch wenn die Katastrophe mancherorts zum Umdenken geführt hat, werden in Europa atomare Risiken weiterhin und in erheblichen Umfang in Kauf genommen. (more…)
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – By reptile standards, alligators are positively chatty. They are the most vocal of the non-avian reptiles and are known to be able to pinpoint the source of sounds with accuracy. But it wasn’t clear exactly how they did it because they lack external auditory structures.
In a new study, an international team of biologists shows that the alligator’s ear is strongly directional because of large, air-filled channels connecting the two middle ears. This configuration is similar in birds, which have an interaural canal that increases directionality. (more…)
