inbreeding Archive

  • Coming soon to the PBS² (Polemics Bashing Shoddy Science) channel, the second season of October 2011’s smash hit As the Toller Burns. Last season on the mostly unscripted reality show staring PhDs documenting […]

    As the Toller Burns

    Coming soon to the PBS² (Polemics Bashing Shoddy Science) channel, the second season of October 2011’s smash hit As the Toller Burns. Last season on the mostly unscripted reality show staring PhDs documenting […]

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  • This last weekend a Neopolitan Mastiff failed its vet check at the Welsh Kennel Club Championship Show and not a day later the red-in-the-face owner was weeping and slobbering online […]

    Mastino Fails, Owner Wails

    This last weekend a Neopolitan Mastiff failed its vet check at the Welsh Kennel Club Championship Show and not a day later the red-in-the-face owner was weeping and slobbering online […]

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  • Remember when I told you about the ever-popular Banana? Besides being an ironic argument against “intelligent design,” the banana is the most popular fruit in the world, dominating international trade and domestic consumption. […]

    Bananas, Famine, Hoover, Cannibalism, and GMOs

    Remember when I told you about the ever-popular Banana? Besides being an ironic argument against “intelligent design,” the banana is the most popular fruit in the world, dominating international trade and domestic consumption. […]

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  • On the opposite end of the prestige-cost-difficulty spectrum from Thoroughbreds lies the modest rodents.  There’s no glory to be had in breeding a perfectly shaped rat or mouse–although if you […]

    Fancy Mice

    On the opposite end of the prestige-cost-difficulty spectrum from Thoroughbreds lies the modest rodents.  There’s no glory to be had in breeding a perfectly shaped rat or mouse–although if you […]

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  • Just as pedigree dog breeding takes major cues from purebred horse breeding, we can see institutional problems in thoroughbreds that directly mirror the issues we see in the dog fancy. Lack […]

    Problems in Thoroughbreds 1

    Just as pedigree dog breeding takes major cues from purebred horse breeding, we can see institutional problems in thoroughbreds that directly mirror the issues we see in the dog fancy. Lack […]

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