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FELINE VOCALIZATION: IT’S THE CAT’S MEOW!
MEOW! meeeeeoooooow. meow meow meow meow; meow. Meowww. M30W. meeeeOW!! MEoW! meeeow.
WHAT IS (AND WHAT ISN’T) EVOLUTION
Understanding evolution is tricky, and not all of us had a great evolution education in school. Want to know more about what is—and what isn’t—evolution? Let’s correct some common misconceptions!
THE STRANGE SEAHORSE TAIL
At first glance, the animal kingdom has no shortage of tails. From crocodiles to platypuses, squirrels to pigs and fish to boa constrictors, the shapes, sizes and textures are diverse. But whether flat, flexible, paddle-like, scaly, bare, mighty, curly or fluffy, all tails have one thing in common: they are roughly circular in cross-section. Of all the tails in all the world, there’s just one that differs. And it belongs to the seahorse.
THE RNA WORLD: HOW ALL OF LIFE (MAYBE) BEGAN
Before there were chickens or eggs, there were RNA molecules that gained the ability to duplicate themselves. How did these molecules manage to do this outside of cells on the early earth, and how did this lead to life as we know it?