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From Today In Science History : Mendel (July 22, 1822 – Jan. 6, 1884) was an Austrian pioneer in the study of heredity. He spent his adult ...

From Today In Science History : Owen (July 20, 1804 – Dec. 18, 1892) was an English anatomist and paleontologist who is remembered for his c...

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The blog is mostly quiet this summer due to field work and research commitments, but I will pop back in from time to time with a few updates...

Jan. 1, 1919 - July 5, 1948 Born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste, Carole quit school at 15 go into show business. She had bit parts until 1940 w...

Any student of biology, or anyone with an interest in the natural world, will be familiar with Ernst Mayr who passed away on February 3rd ...

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"Life is the most important thing about the world, the most important thing about life is evolution. Thus, by consciously seeking what ...

The Mismeasure of Science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on Skulls and Bias . 2011. J.E. Lewis, et al. PLoS Biol 9(6): e1001...

Phylogenetic limiting similarity and competitive exclusion . 2011. C. Violle, et al. Ecology Letters Metal Men © DC Comics A new study provi...

From Today In Science History : Billings (May 5, 1820 - June 14, 1896) was a Canadian geologist and paleontologist, who was the first Canadi...

Directed by Eugène Lourié, this was Ray Harryhausen’s first solo film after having finished his apprenticeship with Willis O’Brien on Might...

CLICK TO ENLARGE Two pages signed by "Red Grant" from the 1970's underground comic Forbidden Knowledge . They look to be the w...

Wilson is an American biologist noted for founding the science of sociobiology. In his book Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975) he argue...

Cooper and Schoedsack (right) Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack (June 8, 1893 – Dec. 23, 1979) was an American film, director and producer. With ...

Ruth Rose (Jan. 16, 1896 - June 8, 1978 ) was the daughter of Edward E. Rose. In 1926 she meet (and later married) cinematographer Ernest Sc...

From Today In Science History : Crick (June 8, 1916 – July 28, 2004) was a British biophysicist, who, with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins,...

Another weird tale from Steve Ditko over at Atomic Surgery . "Gasp!", indeed!

Hutton (June 3, 1726 - March 26, 1797) is considered to be the father of modern geology . He is accredited with proposing that observed geol...

Congratulations to U of T student, Chris McGarrity, for successfully defending his M.Sc. dissertation on "cranial morphology and varia...