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...pattern of evolution suggests the ant family tree began to split with the advent of flowering plants, 100 million years ago, as ants adapted to newly-emergent environments...
...over national security and politics may well be at a tipping point. Last week an AP-Ipsos poll found that American adults were evenly divided on whether Democrats or Republicans could do a better job protecting the country. Likewise, on Monday a Washington Post-ABC News poll found Americans split down the middle when asked which party was better qualified to handle terrorism...
...depends on how and when the genes are turned on by a segment of DNA that acts like a switch. Fish have a version of that switch too. For example, Zebrafish (ray-finned fish that split off from the lineage that led to lobe-fins early in the Devonian) have only part of the sequence, whereas coelacanths (lobe-fins closely related to lungfish) have a lot more of it. And the fishapod, presumably, had even more...
...home opener, the Harvard baseball team split a doubleheader with Penn (8-20, 3-7 Ivy), losing the first game 1-0 in the final inning and winning the second by a 7-0 margin. The Crimson offense struggled to complement the efforts of the team’s two top pitchers, sophomore Shawn Haviland and freshman Adam Cole, who impressed by allowing only one run over 15 innings. Junior Brendan Byrne and senior Josh Klimkiewicz had solid days at the plate. Byrne went 3-6 during the day, including a eighth-inning double that broke the second game open...
...TIME: There's a lot of opposition to the plan from the settler community and their supporters. Are you worried that your plan will split Israel...