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From the Annals of Microevolution
“Over 30 years, you can see these birds being selected for their ability to avoid cars.”
What Does Nagel Mean When He Says…
An email friend writes to complain that Thomas Nagel’s prose in Mind & Cosmos sometimes becomes difficult as the book goes along.
A New Worm from the Cambrian Highlights Darwin’s Dilemma
Filling in “missing links” is, at least in pop science terms, something we associate with evolutionary problems that have been solved. That’s the opposite of the case here.
Our Hairlessness: Another Evolutionary Enigma Suggestive of Intelligent Design
Darwinian evolution can’t just put things in the bank, with a view toward their future usefulness.
Science Dismisses Nagel Book with Faint Praise
A European philosopher of science finds Mind & Cosmos worth pondering, but “flawed.”