Mutation
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Evolution’s Contrarian Capacity for Creativity
The easily confused willow tit and black-capped chickadeef.c.franklin via Flickr / Brandon Keim Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . One of my favorite pastimes while traveling is watching birds. Not rare birds, mind you, but common ones: local variations on universal themes of sparrow and chickadee, crow and mockingbird.I […]
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What’s Worse: Unwanted Mutations or Unwanted Humans?
Three of the rare Przewalski’s horses that now roam the area near the Chernobyl nuclear plant.Sergey Gaschak Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . After a fatal series of errors and malfunctions in the early morning of April 26, 1986, the core of the Chernobyl nuclear facility melted down and […]
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Carriers, Part 5: The Aftermath
This is the final installment of a five-part series. First read Part 1 , Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 to get caught up. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Correction: The text about tests that can be done 10 weeks into pregnancy was changed to clarify the difference […]
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Carriers, Part 4: The Results
This is the fourth installment of a five-part series. First read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 to get caught up; then go on to Part 5. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Lauren R. Weinstein is a cartoonist, cartooning teacher, and avid gardener who lives in scenic Maplewood, New Jersey. […]
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Carriers, Part 3: The Wait
This is the third installment of a five-part series. First read Part 1 and Part 2 to get caught up; then go on to Part 4 and Part 5. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Lauren R. Weinstein is a cartoonist, cartooning teacher, and avid gardener who lives in scenic Maplewood, New […]
