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Science · Evolution
…the morning stops being routine. Marrack, now 74 and emerita, set out to test a question evolutionary biologists like to argue about over drinks: if you could rewind the history of life and play it again, would…
Science · Biodiversity
…start it off, and for most of the crops people eat, the whole package has been shaped by evolution to dry out and sit tight until conditions improve. Seed scientists call these orthodox seeds, and nearly everything…
Technology · Right to repair
…ridge, the screen stopped being polite. ENGINE SPEED LIMITED. The engine settled at 800 revolutions a minute, enough to crawl home but not enough to drive the harvester, and stayed there. Ostrander climbed down,…
Politics · Local government
…everywhere else, a detail Pryce mentions whenever someone describes the midnight council as a revolution. “They didn’t tear anything up,” he said. “They corrected it for the people it was actually happening to.” The…