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From the Archive: Skeletons, Specimens, Synoptic Series, Similarity, and Difference
From the Archive: Skeletons, Specimens, Synoptic Series, Similarity, and Difference

In which we dip into the archive again, and produce a wonderfully interesting piece from Joyce Havstad about “synoptic series” (vintage 2019)

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From the Archive: The Once and Future Earth
From the Archive: The Once and Future Earth

In which we dip into the Extinct archive and pull out an essay on some attempts to use Mars to better understand the past (and future!) of the Earth

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Toulmania '53: Remembering the Practice-Turn that Didn't Happen
Toulmania '53: Remembering the Practice-Turn that Didn't Happen

In which Max looks back at a road not taken in 20th century philosophy of science: Stephen Toulmin’s Wittgenstein-influenced “practice turn”

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Microbe-metazoan macroevolution: new directions for an old research program
Microbe-metazoan macroevolution: new directions for an old research program

In which Joe Madison discusses new avenues of research on the role of microbes in metazoan macroevolution

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America the volcano-less
America the volcano-less

In which Max revisits Goethe’s weird claim about America lacking basalt with some expert help

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Future-Proof Explosion?
Future-Proof Explosion?

In which Max considers the history of the expression “Cambrian explosion” and asks whether it’s here to stay

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