If you read this site, you know the Republican tax bill is shortsighted, cruel and stupid. You know that, even though it was sold to us as a middle class tax cut, the truth is, tax cuts for the middle class are small and temporary, while the tax cuts for billionaires and corporations are large […]
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The Republican campaign to kill the EPA comes to Ann Arbor
On Monday at 2:45 PM, there will be a rally outside the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL) at 2565 Plymouth Road, in Ann Arbor. The event, as I understand it, is in response to the Trump administration’s threat to cut a whopping 31% of the EPA’s budget. At the Ann […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged academic research, anti-science, automotive industry, compliance, Debbie Dingell, Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, global climate change, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Huron Valley Area Labor Federation, National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, NVFEL, Oklahoma, pollution, scientific review, Scott Pruitt, those anti-science Republicans, transportation, vehicle emissions, VW 7 Comments
Do cock-blocking babies have an evolutionary advantage?
According to the research of Harvard’s David Haig, it’s conceivable that babies evolved to cry at night not necessarily because they need to be fed, but because, by doing so, they could well delay the arrival of siblings who would invariably compete for scarce resources. In an attempt to explain why babies, especially those that […]
Posted in Science Also tagged babies, breastfeeding, cock-blocking, David Haig, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary tactics, Harvard, I love science, infertility, intercourse, lactational amenorrhea, Science, sex 9 Comments