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We are the WEIRD
Posted by PZ Myers on March 1, 2013 Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic, that is. One of the common complaints about evolutionary psychology is that it claims to be addressing evolved human universals, but when you look at the data sets, they are almost always drawn from the same tiny pool of outliers, Western undergraduate students enrolled in psychology programs, and excessively…
Mary’s Monday Metazoan: FEED ME!
Posted by PZ Myers on February 26, 2013 (From a pleasant story about rescuing orphaned night monkeys)
Friday Cephalopod: Octophotography!
Posted by PZ Myers on February 22, 2013 You’d think with all those arms they’d have at least one free to focus and set the exposure. This is a picture taken by an octopus who stole a divers’ camera. The diver chased it and got the camera back. Otherwise, we’d be waiting for the octopus to get online and upload the pictures to…
Mary’s Monday Metazoan: Opa!
Posted by PZ Myers on February 19, 2013 Hey, go look: Carl Zimmer has a gallery of Cambrian beasties!
Botanical Wednesday: rumors of sun and warmth
Posted by PZ Myers on February 14, 2013 I just got home a short while ago, and of course I had to spend an hour shoveling snow. So I need this right now. (via Florida Photo Magazine)
Mary’s Monday Metazoan: Self-portrait
Posted by PZ Myers on February 12, 2013 (via NatGeo)
Friday Cephalopod: The Molluscan Air Force
Posted by PZ Myers on February 8, 2013 I need more photos of the flying squid — there are too few floating around the web.
Mary’s Monday Metazoan: Any resemblance to yours truly is entirely accidental
Posted by PZ Myers on February 5, 2013 (via NatGeo)
Friday Cephalopod: Butterfly of the Sea
Posted by PZ Myers on February 1, 2013 (via TONMO)