NEWS HEADLINES
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Trump takes swipes at press during White House Correspondents' Dinner
The event celebrated press freedom after the first dinner was cancelled by a shooting in April. read more
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Iran-backed Houthis claim missile attack on Saudi Arabia
US military says it disabled a tanker that was attempting to evade the American blockade on Iranian ports. read more
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Ten killed in Russian attack on drone exhibition near Kyiv
The event, attended by prominent members of the Ukrainian defence industry, was hit by ballistic missiles in the middle of the day. read more
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Zelensky tries to fix crisis over removal of defence minister and counts the cost
Protests have continued over Zelensky's decision to dismiss Mykhailo Fedorov, and some commentators believe he has been damaged politically. read more
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Four Palestinians and two Israelis killed in West Bank shooting
Palestinians say villagers came under attack by settlers, while the Israeli military says a Palestinian stole a weapon and opened fire on hikers. 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.
