Tag: China
Pond Scum Is Our Equal: That’s Nature Rights for You
Now, a “tribunal” will be held in New York to promote the rights of nature and undermine public support for fossil fuels.
Fossil Friday: More Evidence That “Feathered Dinosaurs” Were Secondarily Flightless Birds
It definitely looks like the common dino-to-bird narrative has been massively oversold to the public.
How Roots Become Jackhammers
How do flimsy, tiny roots get through hard soil? A root tip hitting hardpan switches on a flurry of signals that get to work on anchorage and penetration.
Icelanders Nominated a Glacier for President to Push “Nature Rights” Movement
Here is a story on “nature rights” activism that, on first impression, leaves one bemused.
Fossil Friday: Kinorhyncha, Yet Another Animal Body Plan from the Cambrian Explosion
The earliest kinorhynchs were more complex than modern ones. So much for the evolutionary narrative from simple to complex.