As 2020 trudged to its dreary conclusion, one piece of news cut through the scroll of election anxiety and pandemic misery like a sunbeam slicing through the clouds. It was an announcement that sounded like a parody, a “mini-movie” brought to us by a fever-dream team of Lifetime and KFC: […]
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Worm Joke Causes Science Twitter Flame War Over Accusations of Sexism and Racism
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Science Photo Library / Alamy It was supposed to be a fun activity. On July 18, Ellen Weatherford, co-host of the Just The Zoo of Us podcast, tweeted out a simple question:“What is the most overhyped animal?” The post made the rounds of the loose […]