#Darwin

Michael Marshall

m_c_marshall

A reader emails to ask:"Why must there exist a universal common ancestor?"In other words, why do scientists believe that all living organisms today are descended from one ancestral population?This is

Eddie Du

Edourdoo

Wise words from Maugham Snarky notes. “The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.” Maugham on Christianity and humanity While readers loved Maugham's Far Eastern tales

George Mack

george__mack

DOUBLETHINK - The most important idea you've probably never heard of. When you look deep enough at reality, it is EVERYWHERE. I'm a white belt at this, but let's go

Scott Hamilton RTM

SikotiHamiltonR

1/7 Sam Linden has a letter in the Dominion Post condemning the Maori Party's co-leader for claiming that Maori suffered a Holocaust at the hands of colonising Pakeha in the

ᒪauren Clearihan

LozzzaC

On the 17th day of #Richmas and with 8 days to go...We celebrate doing things...The Hard Way.https://twitter.com/brendongale25/status/1319998027428327424 The 2020 AFL season was a season like no other, and the challenges

Aniyia (🗣 Anita without the T) ❤️

operaqueenie

Let’s talk about systems. I’m listening to “Thinking in Systems” by Donella H. Meadows. The book was published posthumously because people thought it was *that important.* The book is gold,

Michael Nielsen

michael_nielsen

I've been reading the wonderful book "Cell Biology by the Numbers" (http://book.bionumbers.org ). Here's a thread of striking things I learned from the book (or related reading) 1. In terms

Oregon Rolled A 20 (I Draw Crappy Things)

OregonRolledA20

K a thread of ideas...2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia. https://twitter.com/HottingerLauren/status/1343789028076871681 Locals discover 20 coffins of unknown origi

Taggart Rehnn

TaggartRehnn

Thread: On #Covid_19 #Covid quality of care, correct me if I’m wrong. 1/The Pfizer-Biontech vaccine (PBV) protects 2abt 94.5% of the recipients. It also protects ppl 50+ older 4a period

Nyasha Adler

nyasha_adler

Someone recently pointed out how I seem to know the most random of facts, theories and stories. I am a low-key Pantomath. Sheldon Cooper is a full on Pantomath. Let

Esᴏᴛᴇʀɪᴄ ᴋɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴏғ ᴍᴀʟᴛᴀ

5DAlchemist

Planet Earth is a farm We are the cattle ETs and the Cabal have been running experiments on us for yearsUntil we wake as a collective consciousnessWe will forever continue

Matt 𐃏

RaygunIcecream

Examples of Exaptation https://twitter.com/Conaw/status/1339792820463255553 Exaptation: A trait/technology/idea used for one purpose, later is discovered to be unexpectedly useful for a radically different purpose. https://www.jstor.org/sta

Holly Dunsworth

HollyDunsworth

HEY SEXUAL SELECTION!You think you are the reason why men are taller than women, but if you want to remain the star of this story, then... THE OVARY’S IN YOUR

RapperPandit ↗️ ഇന്ത്യ4കശ്മീർ

RapperPandit

#MysteriesUnravelled 1. How &When did Humans Originate?1. What happens on 31Dec, dt We All celebrate NewYear?2.Why Scientifically we Call Earth "Mother"3.Who Came First Egg or Chicken4. How Old is the

Alexander Kruel

XiXiDu

In late January, rationalists on Twitter were already warning about COVID-19 and stocking respirators. So why did America fail so miserably? Was it only Trump's fault? New York Times, January

Fledgist 🥀🇯🇲🇬🇧🇺🇸

Fledgist

On 1 August 1834, Britain abolished slavery in its colonies. While this was greeted with rejoicing by the slaves of the British West Indies, and by British abolitionists, not everyone

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