Regular Acts & Facts readers may be aware that I have hinted at upcoming results from my research on deep seafloor sediments.¹ Now I am pleased to share some preliminary results with you.

Judy Rivers was stuck living out of her car for months. She was not poor—her bank accounts had $80,000. Yet she couldn’t rent an apartment or access her money. The police even took her to jail once as an identity thief for using her own debit card.

Survival of the fittest has been a dominating tenet of Darwinian evolution. But a trio of colorful birds provides evidence that Darwin got it wrong when he suggested competition is the fundamental force that shapes nature. How do these birds dispute Darwin? By eating!