Defining Life: Scientists Squirm, Chickens Carry On
July 9th, 2012 |
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What is life? Simple question, thousands of years of human intellectual torture trying to answer it. The truth is that ‘life’ really does seem to defy easy definition. We can say that it’s a natural phenomenon – yes, OK. Actually it might be better thought of as a number of deeply connected natural phenomenae, OK, [...]
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Chickens, 2012
April 12th, 2012 |
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I spend a lot of time looking at chickens. Try looking at them yourself. They’re incredible. I don’t want to say too much about chickens as I’ll be here all day (drat, semi-failed). Must say a few brief things though. The history of chicken domestication is complex (though the Red junglefowl Gallus gallus is the [...]
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