+
Want to know exactly what makes you special? Ok, read on. Charles Darwin was primarily interested in divergence. He wanted to know what evolutionary pressures made organisms different. In The Descent of Man he spent a considerable amount of time contemplating what it was that made...5 Human/Chimpanzee Differences was first posted on June 13, 2013 at 10:42 pm.©2013 "The Advanced Apes". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed […]
+
By Amanda Ungco Proud of their culture and successes, Americans have soaked up the American dream and have broadened their wings to influence the rest of the world. Many of these influences manifest themselves as good deeds, bringing students, volunteers and various charity organizations to third world countries in an attempt to better the universal [...]
+
Well, it didn't LEAVE, but it did become far less common after 1500. Why? Was it leprosy? Or was it us? Or was is something else? I'm at SciAm blogs today talking about a brand new study on the genetics of leprosy bacteria. Head over and check it out!
+
Leprosy is one of those diseases that, when I first read about it, haunted my imagination. I had sad pictures of haggard, dirty people, wearing sackcloth, covered in sores or maybe with toes, noses, or hands missing, shuffling alone, wearing a bell to make that no one would go near…the leper. To be a leper [...]
+
I am reading When You Were A Tadpole and I Was A Fish by Martin Gardner. It is a collection of essays on science and culture. There is a really good one on the complex personality of Isaac Newton, another one on Ann Coulter's rants against evolution and quite a bit of writing on debunking paranormal claims. I haven't yet finished the entire book with some chapters on literature and religion still unread. I am not sure they will hold my interest as there is more critical dissection
[…]
+
The word “species” is one of the most relevant and controversial in the history of Biology and has often become the main topic of many […] Read moreThe post Speciation beyond sexuality: critiques to the biological species concept appeared first on Mapping Ignorance.
+
A warming world will present Punxsutawney Phil and his cousins with a host of new challenges, possibly enough to put some species at risk of extinction. According to research published last month in the journal Natural Science, climate change will bring temporary benefits to several of the world’s 15 marmot species (including the groundhog), but [...]
+
Yesterday we made the predictions of the breed signatures we'd find in our dogs' DNA.If you didn't already, please consider going back to yesterday's post first before reading today's. Predictions are key! It's best if you confirm our guesses and/or add your own. (...what are the reasons for your predictions? Size? Color? Ears? Tails? Fur? Snout? Furnishings?)Sadly (yes, sadly), predictions are not part of the official Wisdom Panel or 23andMe experiences. When I teach with
[…]
