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Daniel C. Dennett, Widely Read and Fiercely Debated Philosopher, 82, Dies - The New York Times

Espousing his ideas in best sellers, he insisted that religion was an illusion, free will was a fantasy and evolution could only be explained by natural selection.

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14.04.2024

Should We Change Species to Save Them? - The New York Times

When traditional conservation fails, science is using “assisted evolution” to give vulnerable wildlife a chance.

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08.04.2024

Book Review: ‘Every Living Thing,’ by Jason Roberts - The New York Times

Jason Roberts tells the story of the scholars who tried to taxonomize the world.

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26.03.2024

What Birds’ Dreams Can Tell Us About Our Own - The New York Times

What new research on the avian brain and REM sleep in birds might reveal about our own dream lives.

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23.03.2024

What’s Next for the Coronavirus? - The New York Times

Scientists studying the virus’s continuing evolution, and the body’s immune responses, hope to head off a resurgence and to better understand long Covid.

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23.03.2024

¿Cuál es la siguiente fase del coronavirus? - The New York Times

Los científicos que estudian la evolución continua del virus y las respuestas inmunitarias del organismo esperan evitar un rebrote y comprender mejor la covid prolongada.

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19.03.2024

Opinion | What Makes a Coincidence Meaningful? - The New York Times

The human tendency to see patterns everywhere is both fruitful and dangerous.

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13.03.2024

For Some Mammals, Large Adult Daughters, Not Sons, Are the Norm - The New York Times

Despite a common narrative that male mammals tend to dwarf female ones, fewer than half of mammalian species display that pattern, a new study suggests.

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13.03.2024

¿Quiénes fueron los denisovanos? - The New York Times

El ADN ha demostrado que esos humanos ya extintos se extendieron por todo el mundo, desde la fría Siberia hasta el Tíbet, a una gran altitud, quizá incluso en las islas del Pacífico.

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03.03.2024

On the Trail of the Denisovans - The New York Times

DNA has shown that the extinct humans thrived around the world, from chilly Siberia to high-altitude Tibet — perhaps even in the Pacific islands.

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02.03.2024

Daddy Longlegs Have Been Hiding Extra Eyes From Us - The New York Times

The arachnids, which are not spiders, were thought to have only two eyes, compared with many more on spiders.

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16.02.2024

De dinosaurios a colibríes: un nuevo debate sobre la evolución de las aves - The New York Times

Por años los paleontólogos han sostenido que el asteroide que acabó con los dinosaurios impulsó la evolución de las aves. Un reciente estudio genético cuestiona esa teoría.

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13.02.2024

An Asteroid Wiped Out Dinosaurs. Did It Help Birds Flourish? - The New York Times

Today’s birds began their evolution into more than 10,000 species long before the fateful collision, a new genetic study found.

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03.02.2024

A Fossilized Tree That Dr. Seuss Might Have Dreamed Up - The New York Times

The toilet brushlike specimen from a Canadian quarry hints at the evolutionary experiments that occurred during a 15-million-year gap in the fossil record.

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26.01.2024

Scientists Use Robotic Dinosaur to Study Evolution of Wings - The New York Times

Scientists built a working model of an early winged dinosaur to test a hypothesis about how the appendages evolved.

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17.01.2024

The Ancient Back Story of the Slimiest Animal in the Sea - The New York Times

Researchers found that the slime eel, or hagfish, known for deluging predators with mucus, tripled the size of its genome hundreds of millions of years ago.

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29.12.2023

Opinion | Things I Thought Made Sense Just Don’t Anymore - The New York Times

Most days I feel as if I woke up from a nap I didn’t mean to take into a world I don’t quite recognize.

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09.12.2023

Genes That Boost Fertility Also Shorten Our Life, Study Suggests - The New York Times

A study of DNA from half a million volunteers supports an old evolutionary theory about why our bodies eventually wear out.

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22.11.2023

Not All Heroes Wear Capes, but These Termites Did for Science - The New York Times

This study has everything: jumping spiders; insects donning striped and solid patterns; and evolutionary lessons about predators and prey.

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10.11.2023

Lesson Plan: The Webb Telescope Changes How We See the Cosmos - The New York Times

In this lesson, students explore how the James Webb Space Telescope is changing what we see in the distant universe.

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27.10.2023

Chimpanzees Go Through Menopause, Too - The New York Times

A new study challenges a prominent evolutionary theory about why women live long after their childbearing years.

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13.10.2023

Would You Ever Want to Live on the Moon or Mars? - The New York Times

Have you ever dreamed of visiting another celestial body or planet?

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13.10.2023

Same-Sex Behavior Evolved in Many Mammals to Reduce Conflict, Study Suggests - The New York Times

But the researchers cautioned that the work could not shed much light on sexual orientation in humans.

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13.10.2023

What Role Should Young People Play in the Fight Against Climate Change? - The New York Times

Young people around the world are worried about the planet. What can they do about it?

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13.10.2023

El comportamiento homosexual evolucionó en muchos mamíferos para reducir los conflictos, según un estudio - The New York Times

Los investigadores advirtieron que sus conclusiones no ofrecen demasiados detalles sobre la orientación sexual en humanos.

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13.10.2023

Book Review: ‘Eve,’ by Cat Bohannon - The New York Times

Cat Bohannon’s “Eve” is an opinionated clapback against centuries of male-centric evolutionary history.

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19.09.2023

You May Have This Blobby Animal to Thank for Your Nervous System - The New York Times

Researchers propose that placozoans, one of the simplest kinds of animals, may contain the blueprint for the neurons of more complex creatures.

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11.09.2023

Putting Women at the Center of Human Evolution - The New York Times

Cat Bohannon’s book, “Eve,” looks at the way women’s bodies evolved, and how a focus on male subjects in science has left women “under-studied and under-cared for.”

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07.09.2023

What’s Going On in This Graph? | Global Record Temperatures - The New York Times

What do you notice and wonder about global air temperatures?

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06.09.2023

Apes and Monkeys That Went Up Trees Had to Evolve the Ability to Climb Down - The New York Times

In a study of chimpanzee and monkey anatomy, primate arms provide hints about how our ancestors got to the ground in one piece.

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05.09.2023

8 Ways to Bring Birds and Birding Into Your Classroom - The New York Times

Look closely. Listen carefully. Ask questions. Gather data. Bird-watching helps students build essential academic skills and connect with the natural world.

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25.08.2023

This Gecko’s Camouflage Is So Good, It Masqueraded as Another Species - The New York Times

A reptile found in Madagascar is impossible to tell apart from tree bark by day. For decades, scientists had mixed it up with a relative.

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16.08.2023

Clue to Pterosaur Origins Found in Fossil of Flightless ‘Rabbit Reptile’ - The New York Times

A Brazilian team’s finding helps fill in the fossil record to explain how the flightless reptiles evolved in the dinosaur era.

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13.08.2023

Las aves cantan, pero no para mí - The New York Times

Sabía del avance de mi sordera, pero dejar de escuchar los sonidos de las reinitas estriadas fue particularmente duro. Sin embargo, encontré otros modos de conectarme con la naturaleza.

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08.08.2023

This Ancient Reptile Had Something in Common With Whales - The New York Times

The creature’s surprising anatomy suggests that rapid and unusual evolution was occurring in the seas after a period known as “The Great Dying.”

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04.08.2023

Una teoría sobre la evolución del parto es cuestionada - The New York Times

Los científicos están revisando una influyente teoría que argumentaba que la evolución de los cerebros grandes en bebés y pelvis estrechas en mujeres lo volvía arriesgado.

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02.08.2023

505-Million-Year-Old Jellyfish Fossils May Be the Oldest Ever Found - The New York Times

The specimens are evidence of how little the squishy, tentacled predators have changed over the history of life on Earth.

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30.07.2023

An Evolutionary Debate on the Risks of Childbirth - The New York Times

Scientists are revisiting an influential theory that the evolution of big brains made human childbirth risky.

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26.07.2023

Over 75 New York Times Graphs for Students to Analyze - The New York Times

A new collection of graphs, maps and charts organized by topic and graph type from “What’s Going On in This Graph?”

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Like Moths to a Flame? We May Need a New Phrase. - The New York Times

Daniel C. Dennett, Widely Read and Fiercely Debated Philosopher, 82, Dies - The New York Times

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What Birds’ Dreams Can Tell Us About Our Own - The New York Times

What’s Next for the Coronavirus? - The New York Times

¿Cuál es la siguiente fase del coronavirus? - The New York Times

Opinion | What Makes a Coincidence Meaningful? - The New York Times

For Some Mammals, Large Adult Daughters, Not Sons, Are the Norm - The New York Times

¿Quiénes fueron los denisovanos? - The New York Times

On the Trail of the Denisovans - The New York Times

Daddy Longlegs Have Been Hiding Extra Eyes From Us - The New York Times

De dinosaurios a colibríes: un nuevo debate sobre la evolución de las aves - The New York Times

An Asteroid Wiped Out Dinosaurs. Did It Help Birds Flourish? - The New York Times

A Fossilized Tree That Dr. Seuss Might Have Dreamed Up - The New York Times

Scientists Use Robotic Dinosaur to Study Evolution of Wings - The New York Times

The Ancient Back Story of the Slimiest Animal in the Sea - The New York Times

Opinion | Things I Thought Made Sense Just Don’t Anymore - The New York Times

Genes That Boost Fertility Also Shorten Our Life, Study Suggests - The New York Times

Not All Heroes Wear Capes, but These Termites Did for Science - The New York Times

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Chimpanzees Go Through Menopause, Too - The New York Times

Would You Ever Want to Live on the Moon or Mars? - The New York Times

Same-Sex Behavior Evolved in Many Mammals to Reduce Conflict, Study Suggests - The New York Times

What Role Should Young People Play in the Fight Against Climate Change? - The New York Times

El comportamiento homosexual evolucionó en muchos mamíferos para reducir los conflictos, según un estudio - The New York Times

Book Review: ‘Eve,’ by Cat Bohannon - The New York Times

You May Have This Blobby Animal to Thank for Your Nervous System - The New York Times

Putting Women at the Center of Human Evolution - The New York Times

What’s Going On in This Graph? | Global Record Temperatures - The New York Times

Apes and Monkeys That Went Up Trees Had to Evolve the Ability to Climb Down - The New York Times

8 Ways to Bring Birds and Birding Into Your Classroom - The New York Times

This Gecko’s Camouflage Is So Good, It Masqueraded as Another Species - The New York Times

Clue to Pterosaur Origins Found in Fossil of Flightless ‘Rabbit Reptile’ - The New York Times

Las aves cantan, pero no para mí - The New York Times

This Ancient Reptile Had Something in Common With Whales - The New York Times

Una teoría sobre la evolución del parto es cuestionada - The New York Times

505-Million-Year-Old Jellyfish Fossils May Be the Oldest Ever Found - The New York Times

An Evolutionary Debate on the Risks of Childbirth - The New York Times

Over 75 New York Times Graphs for Students to Analyze - The New York Times

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