Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, And The Fut... «SIMPLE — 2025»

Predicting how pests adapt to pesticides is crucial for our food supply.

In a lab at Michigan State University, researchers have tracked more than 60,000 generations of E. coli . While most colonies evolved similarly, one famously developed the ability to eat citrate—a "lucky" mutation that others missed, supporting Gould's idea of chance. Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Fut...

Beyond the ivory tower, Losos’s insights have vital real-world applications: Predicting how pests adapt to pesticides is crucial

The platypus, for instance, remains a one-off. He argues that while nature often repeats itself, there is no guarantee it would ever "repeat" us. Why It Matters Today researchers have tracked more than 60