Your inner shark, tadpole, jellyfish . . .
As a trained paleontologist and professor of anatomy at the University of Chicago, Neil Shubin discovered that by using comparative anatomy he could teach human…
evolution
Love is in the air
“This stuff is like catnip. Too many women come after me [ . . . ] I am looking for a woman my own age,…
Did you know?
Many creationists excel at one thing: calling specific facts into question in an attempt to get you asking questions about a whole theory. And while…
Common misconceptions about evolution
DISCLAIMER: This article was inspired by reading way too much Stephen Jay Gould, and its arguments are currently still being debated within the scientific community….
Vetting a scientist
Deciding whom to listen to on any issue can be a difficult task. Add personal bias into the mix, and it can become downright impossible….
Strange bedfellows
Human civilization is a towering monument to the power of our imagination. Our ability to visualize new things was an important adaptation that allowed our…
Anatomy of a theory
Ever wonder what a theory — such as Darwin’s descent with modification — needs to go through in order to gain widespread acceptance in the…
What’s in an introduction?
If Hollywood is to be believed, scientists are all dermatologically-challenged recluses, who speak their incomprehensible language in nasally tones, with the odd snorting laugh thrown…
Buying into the Bionic man
Arrays of technologies — from robotics to bioengineering — are beginning to converge, and this convergence is destined to have profound effects on our future….