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Introducing Indohyus

The land-based ancestor of whales : Nature News The teeth hint that the wading creature still preferred terrestrial plants over fish, indicating that it probably took to water to get away from predators rather than in search of food. (via … more…

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The inner life of the cell

Bruce likes the proteins sitting on a raft of cholesterol; I like the zipped up protein microtubules (above). This video is a rich source of outlandish terminology, containing a truly enormous number of words unlikely to be useful in any … more…

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The Gender Puzzle

The Gender Puzzle – multi-part piece on the phenomenon of individuals of mixed or indeterminate gender. It seems this is far more common than we generally realise… (via Follow Me Here)

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All creatures great and small

All creatures great and small – don’t be put off by the twee title. This article looks at research into the fractal-based, biological Theory of Everything (Nature, via Follow Me Here)

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