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Evolution is the Story of All of Us

Academy of Natural Sciences

Evolution is the story of all living things, including us. It is a set of processes that connects all life-forms and ecosystems on Earth — past, present and future. Evolution may be studied as processes (how it works) and as patterns (what actually happened). It’s about fueling the future.

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Review: Plantable pencils pencils

A Greener Life

When I got my hands on the pencils, they looked like ordinary pencils, with the obvious use case as a writing and drawing tool and I liked its simplistic design, but at the end of the pencil was a green know which I worked out would be the plantable part.

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‘We cannot change the human body, but we can change the environment’ 

Frontiers

Since their serendipitous encounter in the mid-2000s at a lecture on evolution, the two have become prolific scientific collaborators. They are leading researchers in the emerging field of evolutionary medicine, which applies insights from ecology and evolution to drive biomedical innovation and public health reform.

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‘The Maya had, and continue to have, a creative impact on forest composition’ – Dr Anabel Ford

Frontiers

Ford recently published a study in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution in which she stressed the importance of the traditional milpa land use system for the Maya civilization, not only in the Classical Period, but also today. Dr Anabel Ford is a US archeologist who specializes in the ancient Maya of Central America.

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Book review: The Seaweed Revolution, by Vincent Doumeizel

A Greener Life

I expect ocean farming to be one of the big stories of this century, an increasingly obvious opportunity that is scarcely recognised in some parts of the world. I expect ocean farming to be one of the big stories of this century, an increasingly obvious opportunity that is scarcely recognised in some parts of the world.

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Crafting Scientific Leaders and Community this Summer Through DESLA

Academy of Natural Sciences

Each summer, we gain hands-on experience as we study various habitats all around the Bay and the many fascinating bird, fish and plant species that call this place home. . ” Join us as we collaborate on real-world community science efforts by counting and spotting shorebirds.

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Meet the Needlefish

Ocean Conservancy

Needlefish usually eat smaller fish, but how they digest them is a weirder story. Needlefish usually eat smaller fish, but how they digest them is a weirder story. At some point in their evolution, they ditched that organ in favor of an acid-free approach to breaking down their meals. Would they challenge anyone to a duel?

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