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Why trees look like rivers and also blood vessels and also lightning…
Why do the same, self-repeating patterns appear in trees, rivers, lightning, and even our bodies?
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The Real (Weird) Way We See Numbers
Our animal brains deal with quantities in very specific, and fascinating, ways.
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How to Defuse the Overpopulation Bomb
We look at the science and history, populations seem to control themselves.
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The Surprising Power of Sex in Evolution
Have you heard about Charles Darwin's lesser-know theory of evolution: sexual selection?