Abiogenesis: The RNA World Hypothesis

The earth formed out of colliding space debris 4.54 billion years ago, and a mere 260 million years later (or less), there was life. It took another 2.43 billion years (nine times as long!) before there were eukaryotes, or single-celled...

Whale Evolution

Cetaceans are a fascinating group of tetrapods that went from the sea to land and back again. Given the recent discovery of the new transitional protocetid, Aegicetus, I thought I’d give an overview of the crazy evolutionary journey whales have...

February: More Art

Lately, I’ve been doing a lot more drawing and less writing. Here is some of what I’ve been working on!

Christmas Art Dump

I got an Apple Pencil and iPad for Christmas, and have been drawing basically nonstop over the break. I’m still getting my digital-art legs under me, but here are some of the extinct animals (and a couple extant animals) I’ve...