drought – Uncommon Descent

Researchers: Termites protect their ecosystem against drought

You’d almost think the system was designed to be stable over a range of climate conditions while slowly changing over time.

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polistra CERN is a major source of modern genocidal RELIGIOUS fanaticism. I can't say anything "appropriate" about a CERNiac who sees... – Steven Weinberg 1933–2021
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ET Neither Swamidass nor Venema knows what determined a human would develop after the successful mating between a man and a... – Will Joshua Swamidass have the floor...
polistra "Accustomed to being unaccountable" doesn't hit the point. Institutional scientists are highly accountable to the agencies who write the grants.... – Vox Popoli on COVID and loss...
EDTA And on the heels of this comes the blindingly obvious news that people who over-trust science are more prone to... – Vox Popoli on COVID and loss...
polistra I see the author (Gordon) is proposing a return to the Fairness Doctrine. Some of us have been begging for... – The Science is Settled — now...
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zweston Neo-Darwinism fails as a scientific theory It is not Observable (we haven't witnessed the change of kinds in any form)... – Douglas Axe vs Joshua Swamidass…
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Jack BA77: Yes, I’ve seen you claim that before. But then again, why do you keep getting confused with atheists? Could... – Is “string theory world” in some...
mohammadnursyamsu Real science is not going to emerge from the ruins, it will just go from catastrophy to catastrophy, without hindsight... – The slow descent of “Science!” As...
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