NEWS HEADLINES
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US launches 'heavy' strikes on Iran after attempted attack on American troops
After a short period of relative calm when hostilities were paused, both sides have now restarted missile attacks. read more
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Saudi Arabia's dilemma as it tries to stay out of US-Iran war
The kingdom faces a choice of whether to keep hitting back as a deterrent or to try to de-escalate the situation. read more
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Three Greek firefighters die as wildfires threaten parts of southern Europe
Gale-force winds on Crete have whipped up flames prompting the evacuation of several villages, as parts of the continent continue to tackle fires. read more
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'It's our home, it's our forest': BBC speaks to locals fighting France wildfire
Firefighters are battling flare-ups in 40C heat in the Gironde region, as some locals have refused to heed evacuations. read more
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Veteran Ugandan opposition politician collapses in court and in ICU, his wife says
The 70 year old has been in detention since November 2024 and faces treason charges, which he denies. 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.
