Tag: friendship
Why Darwin Eclipsed Wallace: Darwin and the English Class System
The theory of natural selection was the co-discovery of two men, but by the mid 1860s one of its progenitors began to reject his own theory.
Design in a Naturalistic Culture
Paul Nelson expresses his appreciation for his University of Pittsburgh mentor Adolf Grünbaum.
Loving Goodbye…from an Octopus?
Did the science teacher’s octopus really know she was dying? Was she trying to say goodbye?
Iconoclast: Farewell to Tom Bethell
I remember having an exchange with Tom about the meaning of his last name, which seems to correspond to the Biblical place name Beth El, meaning “House of God.”
#9 Story of 2020: An Antidote to Despair
I am a biologist, a worker in a field with a sorrowful history of categorizing human beings by race.