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Photo: An echidna, by Wildlifecartoons, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

From Australia’s Fossil Record, an Evolutionary Puzzle

In the present article, the most important result is this: All extant Australian marsupial families are also known from the fossil record. Read More ›
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Doctor carrying a cooler box for organ transport doctor ensures swift and safe organ transport using specialized cooler box, optimizing life-saving medical procedures
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Ghoulish Proposal: Killing for Organs Gets a Prestige Endorsement

Transforming sick and disabled people into a killable caste objectifies them as potential natural resources to be mined or harvested. Read More ›
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Real Star of the World Cup: The Human Foot

In few sports, perhaps, does the foot stand out more. Emily Reeves offers an appreciation. Read More ›
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Photo: Michael Denton, via Discovery Institute/YouTube (screenshot).

Denton: Properties of Oxygen, Water, Light Were “Envisaged” for Us at the Very Beginning

Biologist Michael Denton takes a long view — the longest view imaginable in our universe. Read More ›
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Bringing a Moral Horror to America: The Assisted-Suicide Movement Wants It

Conjoining organ harvesting with assisted suicide or euthanasia gives society a “stake” in sick people being made dead. Read More ›
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At a Wrenching Time, My Gratitude for Discovery’s Leadership

It was last month that another think tank — with a lot of great people there — split down the middle over the organization’s partnership with Tucker Carlson. Read More ›
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Photo: Pteridinium simplex, an Ediacaran creature from Namibia, by Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Despite Exceptionally Well-Preserved Namibian Fossils, Ediacaran Mystery Remains

Simon Conway Morris described the Ediacaran ecology as a “sleepy” world of simple, passive creatures bearing no resemblance to what was to come. Read More ›
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Photo: Bogong moth, by Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Animal Algorithms: Moth Celestial Navigation

The origin, genetic inheritance, and how such algorithms are programmed in the brain remains a mystery. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.

How We Bite with Apatite: The Wonders of a Hard Mineral

Explore the features of a remarkable mineral erupted from volcanoes that is found in our teeth. How did it get there? Read More ›
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New Find: Stone Tools from 1 to 1.5 Million Years Ago

The human body may have a history and human technology definitely has a history but the human mind does not. Read More ›

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