Tag: Research
In Praise of Lizards
They scurry under rocks when you approach, but they are among the most diverse and successful of animals, even inspiring human inventors.
Chalk Bass, a Fish for Our Time, Switches Gender Roles Twenty Times Daily
In Darwinian terms, the “benefits” would have to “outweigh the costs,” otherwise how would the behavior evolve?
On the Diversification of Fur, Feathers, and Scales, the Mystery Remains
Reporting in Science Advances, researchers studied a lizard, a bearded dragon, in which scales failed to develop.
Alleged Instances of Observed Speciation — Evolution’s Smoking Gun Is Still Missing
Most alleged instances are in fact analyses of existing species that are used to defend one or another theory of how they might have originated.
Physical Fitness Test Found in the Spleen
An intelligently designed obstacle course ensures that cells pass muster for duty in a super-intelligently designed hierarchical system, your body.