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Inside Myanmar, rebels are losing ground as military forces men into army
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US and Iran exchange fire after American patrol helicopter downed in Hormuz
President Donald Trump earlier accused Iran of shooting down the US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond. read more
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World's largest chipmaker does not rule out price rises as costs increase
In a rare interview, a senior executive at TSMC discusses the AI boom, the geopolitics of chips and what it means for the price of electronics. read more
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Israeli air strikes hit Lebanese city of Tyre despite Iranian warning to stop attacks
Iran warned Israel on Monday that it could resume hostilities if attacks on its Lebanese ally Hezbollah do not stop. read more
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Nasa names next astronauts for Artemis Moon programme
Nasa names its next Artemis crew, though they will not be walking on the Moon or even going anywhere near it. 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.
