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That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, this chicken is both a hen and a rooster:
The bodies of these hen-rooster hybrids, or gynandromorphs, have a mixture of genetically male and female cells, the research reveals.
Only about 1 in 10,000 chickens are born as gynandromorphs, which have male features—such as a rooster’s comb [...]
“‘NOBODY TOSSES A DWARF!’ THE RELATION BETWEEN THE EMPIRICAL AND THE NORMATIVE REEXAMINED” CARLO LEGET, PASCAL BORRY, RAYMOND DE VRIES (Bioethics, vol. 23 issue 4)
Dig out your Halloween gear:
Field biologists have observed that crows seem to recognise them, and a few researchers have even gone to the extreme of wearing masks when capturing birds to band (or “ring”) them, so that they could later observe the birds without upsetting them. However, it was unclear whether the birds distinguish [...]
Is here on earth:
The L.H.C., which operates under the auspices of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known by its French acronym, cern, is an almost unimaginably long-term project. It was conceived a quarter-century ago, was given the green light in 1994, and has been under construction for the last 13 years, the [...]
Darwin’s influence on modern thought. Earth with rings. The LHC up and running again in time to be the cause of the end of the world. Committing crimes while sleep-walking?
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