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...Wheeler is nothing if not hardy. He’s a native Minnesotan, after all, a breed that rolls with the punches of a state boasting but two seasons: winter and July...
...embarked on research expeditions through New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, where he was able to prove what Darwin did not—that new species arise from the geographical isolation of populations. This led to his definition of species as “an interbreeding population that cannot breed with other groups,” the press release said...
...room of the curious over coffee and cookies. The group coos over colorful piles of chewable rubber and fuzzy toys, and a 7-year-old girl clings to a teddy bear with a "heartbeat." Despite the grade-schooler's enthusiasm, however, the toys are intended for a different breed of child: pets...
...world of the '80s expanded exponentially because it produced a more aggressively commercial breed of artist and dealer. How different that was from the decade before, with its monastic retreat from the marketplace. Steeped in the directives of '60s radicalism, many artists of the '70s wanted nothing to do with making deluxe commodities to be traded around in the capitalist gallery system. They deliberately moved into practices--performance art, installations, earthworks--that left behind very little that could be hung on some rich guy's walls. It was an approach that a lot of artists returned...
...water and wide temperature fluctuations, deserts are the host of a wide variety of species, each of which has adapted in its way to life in a desert ecosystem. Couch's spadefoot toads can live underground for much of their lives, awaiting some moisture before they come up and breed. Saguaro cacti are able to suck up a ton of water from one rain shower and then do without more rain for a year. Sidewinder rattlesnakes move across dunes in a unique S-shaped motion that minimizes contact with the scorching sand...