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The Fight Over Animal Names Has Reached a New Extreme
Forget changing only the names that honor the horrors of the past. Some biologists now argue no species should ever be named after a single individual.
by
Ed Yong
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The Atlantic
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May 25, 2023
The Women Who Contributed to Science but Were Buried in Footnotes
In a new study, researchers uncovered female programmers who made important but unrecognized contributions to genetics.
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Ed Yong
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The Atlantic
on
February 11, 2019
The Extremely Fast Peopling of the Americas
Two genetic studies show how the first Native Americans spread through their new continent with incredible speed.
by
Ed Yong
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The Atlantic
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November 8, 2018
Humans Are Destroying Animals’ Ancestral Knowledge
Bighorn sheep and moose learn to migrate from one another. When they die, that generational know-how is not easily replaced.
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Ed Yong
via
The Atlantic
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September 6, 2018
Fossilized Human Footprint Found Nestled in a Giant Sloth Footprint
An incredibly preserved set of tracks tell the story of an ancient hunt.
by
Ed Yong
via
The Atlantic
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April 25, 2018
How a Frog Became the First Mainstream Pregnancy Test
In the 1950s, if a woman wanted to know if she was pregnant, she needed to get her urine injected into a frog.
by
Ed Yong
via
The Atlantic
on
May 4, 2017