Ten Minute Sabbatical

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

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I know a lot of people want to have a smoking gun. . . . It’s more like breadcrumbs everywhere, and they’re not always leading in one direction. It’s like the whole floor is covered in breadcrumbs.

If anyone is going to come out strongly on one hypothesis or another, the scientific method says that there should be evidence to back it. I worry when some people are very willing to be firm about one origin or the other but fail to either have the evidence or the expertise to back it up.

6. Infant feeding station?7. Alternative form of a gene9. Where the first 38 US presidents were born10. Muscle that draws a body part away from the midline11. Kind of bond an infant may form13. Likely birthplace of a hatchling14. Appendage that may swell during pregnancy16. Carries and develops before parturition19. Neonatal condition treated with light therapy20. Dye ...

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