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Astonishing Study Shows Evolution Really Does Repeat Itself
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 7 days agoEvolution is often thought of as a haphazard process acting on an assortment of traits that randomly appear through genetic variation. So much so that if we were to wind back the clock on evolution ...
This Gigantic New Burgess Shale Creature Looks Like a Floppy-Eared Hound
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThe 500-million-year-old Burgess Shale is home to a newly-identified species. Balhuticaris voltae is...
Famous birthdays for Sept. 10: Randy Johnson, Jose Feliciano
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNational Baseball Hall of Fame member Randy Johnson waves to the crowd in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July...
The Outdated Tests Far Too Many Schools Still Use to Judge a Kid’s Ability
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThis story about intelligence testing in schools was produced by the Hechinger Report, a nonprofit,...
Column One: Why this UCLA professor is studying female animals to gain insights into women's health
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, seen at the Los Angeles Zoo, is a UCLA cardiologist and researcher...
Column: The Hitler beetle, the Trump moth and the raging debate over offensive species names
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoThe Neopalpa donaldtrumpi moth has blond scales on its head and small genitals. (Vazrick Nazari /...
Daniel Dennett, fiery atheist philosopher who saw human brains as ‘programmes’ – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDaniel Dennett, the American philosopher, who has died aged 82, was, with Richard Dawkins, a leading...
5 Interesting Facts You Didn’t Know About Christopher Columbus
Parade via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1972, Richard Nixon declared Columbus Day a time to “celebrate the memorable achievements of the...
The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – why we’re trapped in the cult of cute
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIn the fable The Wolf and the Dog, La Fontaine depicted the former as wild and free, the latter as...
Epstein befriended a slew of scientists. New records contain ‘orgy’ allegation against one
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJeffrey Epstein had over the years cultivated personal relationships with a galaxy of the world’s...
