Jacob Tennessen
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Jacob Tennessen
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Scientist errant. Genetics, evolution, whimsy, awe. https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/173289
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Of course the melding of religion and evolutionary biology is a favorite topic of mine, as I recently wrote about: adaptivediversity.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/t...
The Empirical Divine
Pha Trelgen Changchup Sempa, the monkey ancestor of humans in a Tibetan myth As an evolutionary biologist married to a minister, I think a lot about science and religion. Both are important in my l…
adaptivediversity.wordpress.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Also, Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid. It's about consequences of climate change, and the main association of the word "plastic" is the substance, so it sounds like it's about pollution or prostheses for cephalopods or something. Nope, it's plastic as in adjustable.
January 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I won’t subject you to most of my childhood artwork, but I do like how my 6th grade self inadvertently created a nice visual message to share with homophobes.
January 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Unrelated to current geopolitics, it’s good to be reminded that I basically grew up in a natural history museum, which likely shaped who I am today.
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Wait, I guess he did publish: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease...
Diseases of Canaries - Wikipedia
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December 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Given that Haldane submitted a paper on genetic linkage from the trenches of World War I after his coauthor had already been killed, it's certainly possible to do research in difficult settings. But I know of few incarcerated examples. I don't think the Birdman of Alcatraz ever published.
December 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM