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Neil Shubin

  • Writer and Author, Freelance
  • Professor, University of Chicago
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Evolutionary Biologist, Polar Wanderer, Astronomer Wannabe. Telling people they are fish, rocks and stars since 2008.
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The enduring pursuit of science in America

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By Grace A. Pan, Seok-Jin Kim, K.P. Lamers, Neil Shubin
| Science Magazine Verified
Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Imagine an American organization that convenes scientific experts not to advance any ideology or interest but to provide the nation with a clear understanding of complex problems. Imagine this body would follow the evidence rather than the headlines and earn its authority not through rhetoric or persuasion but careful and rigorous analysis and transparent processes.
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The undulating tripod gait as a model of the locomotion of walking fish

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By Michael Ishida, Fidji Berio, Theodora Po, Neil Shubin, Valentina Di Santo, Fumiya Iida, Narges Khadem Hosseini
| Nature Verified
Abstract A large subset of fishes capable of terrestrial walking exhibit strikingly similar gaits despite spanning across the phylogenetic space and having substantial differences in morphology. This recurrent pattern suggests the existence of shared mechanical principles underlying locomotor convergence.
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北極圏全体で争奪戦が加熱する──特集「THE WIRED WORLD IN 2026」

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By Neil Shubin
| Wired Japan Verified
2007年8月、ウラジーミル・プーチン大統領は、2隻のロシア製小型潜水艦が北極の深海14,000フィート（約4,300m）まで潜航し、北極点直下の海底にチタン製のロシア国旗を立てるのを見守った。これは21世紀における最も大胆な領有権の主張だと言えよう。そしてまた、そのシーンは、この地域の広い範囲での地政学的な状況を反映している。 地球温暖化によって北極圏が変化するにつれ、より多くの国々がこの地球上で最も広大な、どこの国のものでもない北極圏に目を向けている。そして26年には、この凍てついた未開地域は世界で最も軍事的・地政学的緊張が高まるホットな場所となるだろう。 北極圏の環境はかつてない速さで変化している。衛星観測と地上調査の両方から、北極圏の温暖化は世界平均の3倍から6倍の速さで進んでいることが明らかになっており、科学者たちはこの現象を「北極温暖化増幅」と呼んでいる。気温が上昇すると氷が後退し、太陽放射を反射せずに吸収する暗い海水と陸地が露出する。この相互作用は、壊滅的なフィードバックループを生み出す──氷が減少することで熱吸収量が増え、さらなる融解を加速させるからだ。...
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