The Lamarck Theorem
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Last published Sat, Jul 4, 2015
Have you ever heard of Lamarck's hypothesis of acquired traits? Trust me, it's nerdy but really cool-even if it is incorrect.
The theory is pretty simple: through the use or disuse of organs, an organism acquires or loses certain traits during its lifetime.
Don't understand?
Here's a couple of examples. If an emu tried to use its useless wings for flying, it would grow bigger wings and be able to fly.
Or if a dolphin got sick of having to come up for air, it would grow gills.
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This book is about Jenny Wallace. Her day was going normal and she loved her life. She had an internship at a water filtration plant for extra credit in her engineering class and finals were over.
During that day at the plant, however, something goes horribly wrong.
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