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Sep 18, 2016

Anthropology of the Mushroom Kingdom

The so-called “Mushroom Kingdom” is a hotbed of biological discovery. We’ve already covered the…

Joffe in Videogames of the Oppressed

Jul 10, 2015

Pokemon Battles in Context Part 2 — Those Of Us About To Faint Salute You

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Joffe in Videogames of the Oppressed

May 23, 2013

Ecology of the Mushroom Kingdom — The Evolution and Ethnobotany of the Piranha Plant

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Apr 28, 2013

Ecology of the Mushroom Kingdom — The Yoshi

Throughout history, there have been men and women brave enough to take unpopular stances in the name of scientific progress. Galileo was jailed for his astronomy research. Hypatia was brutally murdered by a mob of fanatics for being a woman highly…

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Mar 18, 2013

Ecology of the Mushroom Kingdom — Evolution of the Koopa part 2

The “koopa” turtles of the Mushroom Kingdom are highly social compared to others of their order. The descendants of the troopa were nomadic grazers, and this began selecting for herding behavior. Today you will often…

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Mar 17, 2013

Ecology of the Mushroom Kingdom — Evolution of the Koopa part 1

The evolution of turtles is remarkably straight-forward. The ancestors of our modern-day turtles split off from other reptiles sometime around the Permian period. These reptiles had elongated ribs that spread over the…