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Car traffic driving micro-evolution?

March 19, 2013by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

It’s hard to think that you can evolve to avoid fatal car crashes, but apparently, you can. Well not you, but other creatures like cliff swallows can. Ecologist Charles Brown at […]

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Happy birthday, Darwin!

February 12, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Frankly, I’m a little disappointed Google didn’t post a doodle for the birthday of the father of modern evolution, but I guess we’ll just have to pick up the slack. […]

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