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UN warns of 'supersized' El Niño as countries prepare for impact
The WMO has warned that the natural weather phenomenon could bring disruption to global economies. read more
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Toxic wildfire haze spreads across South East Asia as 'super' El Niño intensifies
Millions of people have been exposed to the smog, with more than 12,000 children suffering respiratory issues. read more
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Feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem dies, aged 92
Her foundation said she "passed away peacefully" at her home in New York City, "surrounded by many who loved her". read more
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Channel smuggling gangs resort to 'mega-dinghies' as crackdown limits small boat supply
Once-rival criminal groups are being forced to work together because of a shortage of small boats, a BBC investigation has found. read more
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Trump $1 coin makes him first living president on US currency in a century
The US Mint special edition is stamped with a portrait of Trump alongside the words "LIBERTY" and "IN GOD WE TRUST" read more
ONTOGENY AND PHYLOGENY
STEPHEN JAY GOLD
BIOGRAPHY
Stephen Jay Gould was born and raised in the community of Bayside, a neighborhood of the northeastern section of Queens in New York City. His father Leonard was a court stenographer, and his mother Eleanor was an artist whose parents were Jewish immigrants living and working in the city’s Garment District.[6] When Gould was five years old his father took him to the Hall of Dinosaurs in the American Museum of Natural History, where he first encountered Tyrannosaurus rex. “I had no idea there were such things—I was awestruck,” Gould once recalled.[7] It was in that moment that he decided to become a paleontologist.
Raised in a secular Jewish home, Gould did not formally practice religion and preferred to be called an agnostic. Biologist Jerry Coyne, who had Gould on his thesis committee, described him as a “diehard atheist if there ever was one.
