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Planned-Parenthood
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At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

Logic isn’t a sufficient answer to the question I raised, however. For a scientific answer, we need evidence. Read More ›
Tyrannosaurid_FMNH_PR308
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Fossil Friday: Controversial Gradualism in Tyrannosaurids

History will tell who is right in this scientific controversy, but personally I am more convinced by the evidence against anagenesis. Read More ›
Icefish
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Blood Viscosity and Freezing Temperatures — A Titanic Problem

Blood viscosity is the technical reason why Jack froze in less than 23 minutes, but icefish can survive for 15 years in water of a freezing temperature. Read More ›
Purgatorius
Photo: High resolution CT scans of fossilized teeth and jaw bones of Purgatorius mckeeveri material from UCMP, Gregory Wilson Mantilla / Stephen Chester, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates

Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time. Read More ›
Icefish
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Without Hemoglobin, How Do Icefish Survive the Cold? By Design

Icefish, aka the family Channichthydiae, survive at 0oC in the Southern Ocean by maintaining blood viscosity at the set point of 3.27 centipoise. Read More ›
Centrosaurus
Photo: Skull of Centrosaurus, by Sainterx, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Could We Ever Recover Dinosaur DNA?

There have been a number of unexpected finds from dinosaurs besides bones; some paleontologists dig hopefully. Read More ›
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
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At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

Peter Singer has argued that animals, like humans, deserve protection because of their ability to suffer. Read More ›
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Peppered Hares — An Emerging Evolutionary Icon

Some hares turn white in winter where it’s snowy, but remain brown in winter where it’s mild. What does that have to do with Darwinian evolution? Read More ›

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