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  • DINNER WITH DARWIN
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    DINNER WITH DARWIN
    JONATHAN SILVERTOWN
    What do eggs, flour, and milk have in common? They form the basis of waffles, of course, but these staples of breakfast bounty also share an evolutionary function: eggs, seeds (from which we derive flour by grinding), and milk have each evolved to nourish offspring. Indeed, ponder the genesis of your breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and you’ll soon realize that everything we eat an...

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  • THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT
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    THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT
    JONATHAN SILVERTOWN
    Everything that lives will die. That’s the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age: people vary wildly in their patterns of aging and their life spans—and that variation is nothing compared to what’s found in other animal and plant species. A giant fungus found in Michigan has been alive since the Ice Age, while a dragonfly lives but four months, a mayfl...

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  • AN ORCHARD INVISIBLE
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    AN ORCHARD INVISIBLE
    JONATHAN SILVERTOWN
    The story of seeds, in a nutshell, is a tale of evolution. From the tiny sesame that we sprinkle on our bagels to the forty-five-pound double coconut borne by the coco de mer tree, seeds are a perpetual reminder of the complexity and diversity of life on earth. With An Orchard Invisible, Jonathan Silvertown presents the oft-ignored seed with the natural history it deserves, one...

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  • DEMONS IN EDEN
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    DEMONS IN EDEN
    JONATHAN SILVERTOWN
    At the heart of evolution lies a bewildering paradox. Natural selection favors above all the individual that leaves the most offspring—a superorganism of sorts that Jonathan Silvertown here calls the "Darwinian demon." But if such a demon existed, this highly successful organism would populate the entire world with its own kind, beating out other species and eventually extingui...

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  • A LA MESA CON DARWIN
    A LA MESA CON DARWIN
    SILVERTOWN JONATHAN
    Qué tienen en común los huevos, la leche y la harina? Si disfrutas cocinar, inmediatamente reconocerás que estos son los ingredientes principales de las crepas, pero también hay otra respuesta mucho más interesante. Los huevos, la leche y las semillas (con las que se hace la harina) fueron diseñados por la evolución para alimentar a la descendencia. De hecho, todo lo que comemo...
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