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Jon Perry is a filmmaker and science educator who produces educational videos for the YouTube channel Stated Clearly.

Explaining the origin of complex phenotypic novelty is the million-dollar question in evolutionary biology.

Years ago I began to recognize a repeating phenomenon in the rhetoric of evolutionary literature: Scientists, echoed by science journalists, would only admit a problem with their models or a challenge to their ideas once they thought they had...

Swedish scientist Arne Müntzing used two plant species to make a hybrid that underwent chromosome doubling to produce hempnettle, a member of the mint family.

Always agrees with david brooks, you know, that day late, dollar short centrism. i introduced you that way on purpose. in the old days, they would say, even in the new republic, it is friday, even david brooks may be on the same page with pelosi, dean, and biden. he knows the politics and the economy that has people worried for good reason, yet says look, whether or not bidens approval is sagging, the administration will ultimately be judged whether it reduces any quality, creates material basis...