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Image: Samuel Wilberforce, by George Richmond, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Into the Jungle of Fanciful Assumption”: Excerpts from Samuel Wilberforce on Darwin

"We have objected to the views with which we have been dealing solely on scientific grounds." Read More ›
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Photo credit: ID 955169, via Pixabay.

Frontiers of ID: Microscopic Ecologies

Public health lecturer James Hamblin at Yale decided to go without showers — for five years! Read More ›
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Red-pea gall of gall wasp Cynips divisa (agamous generation) on oak leaf. In the autumn the galls turn brownish. The hole in the gall (below) indicates that the gall wasp has already left its home. Others leave it in springtime.

Plant Galls and Evolution: A Neglected Study

In my new contribution, I restrict myself to important facets of the historical side of plant gall research. Read More ›
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Make Like a Scorpion, and Other Arachnid Designs

Long shunned for their bites and toxins, arachnids are gaining respect for biomimetic inspiration. Read More ›

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