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How Nature Solved the Problem of Too Much DNA

16 Jun 2022

When you consider how babies are made, you bump up against a basic math problem. No need for calculus here, or even the mental gymnastics of carrying the one. It鈥檚 a problem of doubling.

How Come You Never See a Baby Housefly?

16 Jul 2021

Simple. Because baby houseflies don鈥檛 exist. A little backgrounder on the flies鈥 reproductive cycle can clear up this apparent conundrum. Within a week of mating, a doggie-style activity lasting...

Identical Twins Are Not Identical

21 Jan 2021

There is a common parental misunderstanding that arises when the term 鈥渋dentical twins鈥 is paraded around. Identical twins are known scientifically as 鈥渕onozygotic twins.鈥 This Scrabble winner of a...

You can determine the colour of an egg a chicken lays by looking at it's聽earlobe

18 Apr 2019

Yes, that's right. Chickens do have ears although they are hidden by the feathers on the side of the head. But when the feathers聽are pushed aside, the openings that serve as ears appear. There is...

Do Almonds Have a Dirty Secret?

20 Mar 2017

Anytime you see an article that starts off with the heading 鈥淭he Truth About鈥.,鈥 it鈥檚 a pretty safe bet that you will not get the truth. And so it is with an article circulating about almonds. 鈥淭he...

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