Jerry Coyne

Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the War on Christmas The Jesus and Mo artist sent this cartoon with the caption: “A Chrismassy Friday Flashbacck today, from 9 years ago.” Jesus is beefing about the nonexistent “war on Christmas&#822…

A flashback today from nine years ago. Jesus is beefing about the UK's supposed "War on Christmas":

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YouTube video by Smithsonian Channel Slo-Mo Footage of a Bumble Bee Dislodging Pollen

Athayde Tonhasca Júnior in a photo, video, and text essay on "buzz pollination", in which bees dislodge pollen from anthers by vibrating their thoracic muscles many times a second.

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All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili once again tries to correct Andrzej's behavior:

Hili: I feel like you’re overdoing it.
Andrzej: Overdoing what?
Hili: Your anger at the world.

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A Dutch Jewish girl was sent to Auschwitz when she was thirteen years old. She did not survive.

Got 'em all!!!!

Abby Thompson's photos of intertidal organisms at Pt. Reyes, California.

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All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili rebukes Andrzej.

Hili: You’ve got a terrible mess behind the screen too.
Andrzej: I know, I’ll clean it up someday.

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This Dutch Jewish girl was murdered with Zyklon B immediately after arriving at Auschwitz. She was two years old and would be 86 today had she lived.

Look at the asymmetrical eyes! I wonder if they're directionally asymmetrical: that is, is the right eye always either the bigger or smaller one, or does the asymmetry fluctuate from individual to individual?

Yes, and they had huge control studies of the polio vaccine, though in that case they didn't infect the controls with polio. They just compared natural infection rates in vaccinated versus control subjects. BIG difference: Salk had triumphed.

Ephraim Heller's photos of birds from Brazil's Pantanel region.

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All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili shows she can count!

Hili: You had three walnuts today.
Andrzej: I ate only two.
Hili: Then Szaron must have knocked one onto the floor.

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This French Jewish boy was gassed to death as soon as he arrived in Auschwitz. He was six years old and woiuld be 88 today had he lived.

The barmaid stymies the boys with her humility, for neither of them could ever echo her sentiments.

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Photos of mushrooms from norhtern Wisconsin, all taken by Rik Gern.

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YouTube video by ABC7 Drunk raccoon found passed out in liquor store bathroom

Raccoon invades Virginia liquor store, drinks his fill, and passes out in the bathroom. (It's sobered up and okay now.)

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All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is cynical.

Hili: How do we know what we know?
Andrzej: Usually from questionable sources.

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This Dutch Jewish girl was gassed to death as soon as she arrived in Auschwitz. She was ten years old.

Don't think things are getting better? I think a doubling of your chance of living is an improvement.

All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili has ennui:

Hili: I have a real problem.
Andrzej: What is it?
Hili: I don’t feel like doing anything at all.

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This French Jewish boy was gassed as soon as he arrived in Auschwitz. He was three years old and would be 85 today had he lived.

Depictions of evolution where a phylogeny often has humans on the far right or top can give an impression of evolution being progressive of leading to ‘increased complexity’ when it does not. Top figure shows such a phylogeny which can look the same as ‘the March of progress’ depiction most commonly used to depict evolution (showing monkey to man erroneous march of evolution) - instead swiveling some nodes on a phylogeny where humans are shown closer to the center (which doesn’t change relationships) can lead to better ‘tree thinking’

New post by me on #MITPressReader @mitpress.bsky.social

On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial
the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’).

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Crick says he liked Maddox’s recent article, but thinks it is too strong to say Franklin and Wilkins were “bitter enemies”. He sats “they were irritated and exasperated by each other and glad to end up in different places”.

Crick to Brenda Maddox (Franklin’s biographer), 24 March 2000. Having read letters from both Franklin and Wilkins that neither Crick nor Maddox saw, I think the reality was a bit stronger than Crick suggested. Full details in my new biography of Crick.

Wisdom's mate arrived on Midway! Let's hope she can still produce a chick at 73 years old (she's had 30-36 so far). The world's oldest known living bird.

Three Royal Societies abandon their mission to promote global and universalist science A Kiwi who wishes to remain anonymous (of course) sent me this link to an announcement of a meeting of three Royal (Scientific) Societies: those of New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. The screensho…

The three Royal Societies of New Zealand, Canada, and Australia threaten to water down modern science by mixing it with culture, ideology, and other "ways of knowing" that are not compatible with modern science.

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Neil Dawe's photos of Down House, where Darwin spent most of his life and wrote On the Origin of Species. Here are a few of the photos including Darwin's greenhouse and the "Sandwalk," where he strolled and pondered.

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This Beligan Jewish girl was gassed as soon as she arrived in Auschwitz. She was six years old.

All the news that's fit to print, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is craving steak tartare.

Hili: As far as I recall, you had steak on the menu for tonight.
Andrzej: That’s true.
Hili: I’ll take a large raw portion, if you don’t mind.

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YouTube video by Real Time with Bill Maher Future Headlines: Winter 2025 | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Bill Maher predicts the newspaper headlines in the next two months.

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A new paper shows that sexually-selected male pheasants with long head a neck feathers have a considerable amount of their vision occluded (above the head). This is a tradeoff: the feathers attract females but may make them easier prey.

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