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What really fascinates scientists about the fishapod is that it fits so neatly into one of the most exciting chapters in the history of life--when creatures that swam in seas and rivers gave rise to things that walked, ran and crept on land. The fishapod appears to be a crucial link in the long chain that over time led to amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, birds and mammals. Indeed, Tiktaalik roseae, the official name bestowed on the fishapod (in the language of the local Inuit, tiktaalik means "large fish in stream"), falls anatomically between the lobe-finned fish Panderichthys, found...
That, as Shubin and his colleagues reported last week in a pair of articles in Nature, was part of a creature that grew to at least 9 ft. in length and lived some 375 million years ago, just at the point in evolutionary history when fish were giving rise to the four-legged animals known as tetrapods. And indeed, the creature was a little of each, for along with a fish's scales, fangs and gills, it had anatomical features usually found only in animals that spend at least some of their time on land. It is, in short, exactly...
...investors have been awash in cash, thanks to the easy-money policies of the world's central banks. With interest rates low, no fund manager worth his bonus wanted to park money in low-yielding money-market accounts. Stocks, for most investors, were the only game in town. The rise of hedge funds, which seek to earn high returns for wealthy investors in return for stiff fees, added to the pursuit of fat payoffs in markets all over the globe. Indeed, a flood of foreign institutional demand for stocks is one of the primary reasons why markets in countries like...
...revolutionary creativity, the French are at it again. Millions of young people and trade unionists, joined by some underclass opportunists looking for a good night out, have taken to the streets again. To rise up against what? In massive protest against a law that would allow employers to fire an employee less than 26 years old in the first two years of his contract...
...there are a lot of races this season for us work on theses areas and get better.” Coming off last weekend’s upset victory over No. 4 Brown, the Black and White’s rankings, in addition to its expectations, were on the rise. Against the best team in the nation, however, its aspirations fell short. “Obviously going up against the no. 1 team we didn’t think it was going to be an easy win,” said Martin. “We knew we were just...