In which we dip into the Extinct archive and pull out an essay on some attempts to use Mars to better understand the past (and future!) of the Earth
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Toulmania '53: Remembering the Practice-Turn that Didn't Happen
In which Max looks back at a road not taken in 20th century philosophy of science: Stephen Toulmin’s Wittgenstein-influenced “practice turn”
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Microbe-metazoan macroevolution: new directions for an old research program
In which Joe Madison discusses new avenues of research on the role of microbes in metazoan macroevolution
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America the volcano-less
In which Max revisits Goethe’s weird claim about America lacking basalt with some expert help
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Future-Proof Explosion?
In which Max considers the history of the expression “Cambrian explosion” and asks whether it’s here to stay
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More basalt, more problems
In which Max asks why Goethe once said in a poem that America has no basalt (huh?)
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