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The evolution of self-replicating systems that we might recognize
The evolution of self-replicating systems that we might recognize as having similar properties to Life* elsewhere in the Universe seems quite likely. ...

I dont expect our politicians to be experts in evolutionary
I dont expect our politicians to be experts in evolutionary biology. But that is precisely why they should listen to experts in evolutionary biology, ...

I liked this blog post, and much of what it says is true and
I liked this blog post, and much of what it says is true and troubling to me. HOWEVER, Id argue that it IS possible to have a successful academic care...

Another new species of the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group! This is
Another new species of the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group! This is probably my favorite group of frogs. All the species are spectacular. This new spec...

This is too cool: a 36-Gigapixel image of one of my favorite
This is too cool: a 36-Gigapixel image of one of my favorite petroglyph sites: Lewis Canyon, on a remote stretch of the Pecos River in Texas. I love e...

Ah...now I get it! Excerpt from this important article: "We use
Ah...now I get it! Excerpt from this important article: "We use two metrics for [our] evaluation. The first ...is a local approximation to log-likel...