The Tree-Climbing Tamri Goats Of Morocco

The Tree-Climbing Tamri Goats Of Morocco

In Morocco, the native Tamri goats love the berries of Argan trees they literally climb into the branches to get them. Multi-purpose circle of life bonus; the feces of the Tamri contain Argan seed…
San Francisco's Gay Nudists Want Less Government

San Francisco's Gay Nudists Want Less Government

It is more shocking to read about San Francisco residents wanting less government busybody interference than about gay nudists, but that's Frisco for you. The Castro district, home of the gay…
History Made Rainforests Diverse, Not Ecology

History Made Rainforests Diverse, Not Ecology

People concerned about climate change recently can look no farther than the world's rainforests to see the diversity that arises from different ecological conditions.  History and geology, not…
Video of my talk at TEDx Flanders

Video of my talk at TEDx Flanders

The TEDx crew has been quite fast to make available on youtube the video of the presentation I gave together with Peter Woit in Antwerp yesterday. You can give a look at it here. Unfortunately the…
Laws Of Nature And Natural Justice

Laws Of Nature And Natural Justice

Laws of Nature and Natural Justice What are the 'laws of nature', the natural laws which underly the thing which we perceive as natural justice? Aristotle discussed natural justice in terms of what '…
Evolutionary Transitions And Codon Bias

Evolutionary Transitions And Codon Bias

In a protein coding sequence of DNA, three subsequent nucleotides form codons (see figure 1), which, in turn, form amino acids that will eventually give rise to a protein. Some of these codons,…