Year: 2017
13-Million-Year Old Skull from Kenya – A Human Ancestor? Not Likely
You’ll forgive me for being a little bit jaded by now at news like this.
Cool Bird Tricks — The Longitude Problem, High-Flying Ducks, and More
It took mariners centuries to solve the longitude problem.
Normalizing Suicide Parties
The latest example comes in a New Yorker essay by Cory Taylor, a woman with a terminal illness.
PETA Should Be Treated as a Vexatious Litigant
There was never any chance a monkey would be granted a copyright.
Alt-Right’s Interest in Evolution Makes Sense. An Obsession with Taylor Swift? Much Less So
I heard a promotion on our local NPR station for a report about the alt-right and their dual infatuation with Medieval Europe and pop star Taylor Swift.