Scientists have generated a huge true random number using DNA synthesis. It is the first time that a number of this magnitude has been created by biochemical means.
Source: A biochemical random number — ScienceDaily
A new book covers the big personalities, field exploits and scientific clashes behind the discovery of the hominid skeleton nicknamed Ardi.
Source: Ardi and her discoverers shake up hominid evolution in ‘Fossil Men’ | Science News
Fritillaria delavayi, used in traditional medicine, turning grey to blend into rocks
Source: Chinese flower has evolved to be less visible to pickers | Environment | The Guardian
The paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope condemned women’s suffrage and Black Americans through an evolutionary lens.
Source: The Bizarre Theories of the American School of Evolution | JSTOR Daily