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Allies of US in the Gulf bear brunt of Iran attacks
Iran's attacks on Gulf Arab states suggest the Islamic Republic is targeting not just the US military but also civilian infrastructure. read more
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At least 153 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says
Iran has blamed the US and Israel for the strike; the US is looking into reports of the incident, while the IDF says it is "not aware" of operations in the area. read more
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Deadly Texas bar shooting 'potentially act of terrorism', FBI says
Two people were killed and 14 injured, with the suspected gunman, identified by some media outlets, also shot dead. read more
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Nine dead in missile attack on Israel as Iran strikes region
Several deaths are reported across the Middle East as Tehran retaliates for massive strikes by the US and Israel. read more
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Kidnapping of foreigners soars in Africa's lawless Sahel region
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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.
