Skeptophilia
Fighting Gullibility with Sarcasm, 6 days a week
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022
The Lazarus flower
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The adage goes, "Extinction is forever." It's a sobering thought. There's been talk of "de-extinction" -- using...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Splitting the difference
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One of the most misunderstood pieces of the evolutionary model is that natural selection is almost always a compromise. Very few changes tha...
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Monday, January 24, 2022
It's all becoming clear
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The phenomenon of transparency is way more interesting than it appears at first. I remember thinking about the concept when I was a kid, the...
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
The birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees
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One of the most fascinating aspects of evolution, and one of the least appreciated (outside of the biology-nerd community, anyhow), is how i...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
The flora of prehistory
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I grew up around plants. Well, everyone does, more or less, but my parents were dedicated gardeners and naturalists. My dad grew show-qual...
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