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Solution: ‘Darwinian Evolution Explains Lamarckism’
How Darwinian natural selection can produce and sustain a Lamarckian “inheritance of acquired characteristics.”
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Can Darwinian Evolution Explain Lamarckism?
Answering three questions can help reveal how the “inheritance of acquired characteristics” fits into modern evolutionary theory.
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Solution: ‘Friday the 13th’
There’s more than one good way to bring order to our unruly, seemingly arbitrary calendar.
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Is It Friday the 13th Again?
How our society defines years, months and weeks can seem frustratingly arbitrary. Can you bring order to our unruly calendar?
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Solution: ‘A Ticking Evolutionary Clock’
How to calculate when a gene’s rate of evolution will slow to a crawl.
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A Ticking Evolutionary Clock
How quickly will a gene’s rate of evolution slow to a crawl?
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Solution: ‘Taming Quantum Weirdness’
A simple analogue could offer insights into one of the most astonishing results of quantum mechanics.
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How to Tame Quantum Weirdness
Can balloon animals help blunt uneasy feelings about “spooky action at a distance”?
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Solution: ‘How Many Half-Lives?’
When do negative results from a half-life experiment mean a theory is dead?