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Stephen Jay Gould was born on September 10, 1941; he died of cancer on May 20, 2002. Gould was one of the most influential, and certainly the best-know...

We’ve got changes playing out now with astounding rapidity. Biologists can see natural selection occurring over the course of a field season. . 

In the 1970s, a forgotten generation of comic book writers took the medium from schlocky superheroes to artful considerations of consciousness, identity, and selfhood. Their secret? Tapping into the counterculture

In the 1970s, a forgotten generation of comic book writers took the medium from schlocky superheroes to artful considerations of consciousness, identity, and selfhood. Their secret? Tapping into the counterculture.

The abruptness seen in the Cambrian explosion can also be seen on smaller scales throughout the fossil record.

I’ve noticed that AI twitter is talking a lot about evolution lately, and for good reason. Comparing AI development to an evolutionary system lets

“Many life forms with essentially new body types appeared quickly and without precursors in the Burgess Shale in Kicking Horse Valley in British Columbia.”

Natural selection reveals itself as not just a metaphor but a mixed one: Nature being dumb but nevertheless capable of discrimination.

Would you believe someone who claimed that fairies and leprechauns were caught on video, but they are too small or too fast to be seen?

The dominant pattern in the fossil record is explosions of new biological forms. The Cambrian explosion is a prime example.