Is nature artistic? David Attenborough gives the example of the male bower birds:
'who build nests or corridors of twigs and then put glittering beetle wings or shells on these nests. Then the female goes around looking at the bowers, and picks the guy with the best-looking nest. She's not saying he's a better father; it's an aesthetic attraction.'
Skeptical Science New Research for Week #17 2024
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*Open access notables*
*Ice acceleration and rotation in the Greenland Ice Sheet interior in
recent decades*, Løkkegaard et al., *Communications Earth & E...
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