{"id":123,"date":"2024-11-12T01:14:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T01:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bscs.org\/stella-highschool\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2024-11-14T21:38:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T21:38:40","slug":"natural-selection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bscs.org\/stella-highschool\/natural-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Study of Changes in Populations<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bscs.org\/stella-highschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/11\/bird-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Songbird on a branch\" class=\"wp-image-139\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bscs.org\/stella-highschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2024\/11\/bird-1024x768.png 1024w, 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