We Are Light-Eaters – Nautilus
Explore At the park near my home in Georgia grows a towering oak tree I often visit at the end of the day, when I feel weary. When I reach…
Evolution Led Humans into a Trap
Explore Evolution has led humans into a dark corner, according to a new study. study. We bonded into groups to solve local problems. Sometimes we share our solutions with neighboring…
In His New Book “Purpose,” Yale Psychiatrist Samuel T Wilkinson Fails to Persuade that Evolution Offers Evidence of God Argues Ed Simon
Explore When Samuel T. Wilkinson arrived at John Hopkins Medical School, in the late aughts, it was a bit of a culture shock. As a devout Mormon who had spent…
These Eyes Shine Light on the Path of Evolution
Explore Biologists have often wondered what would happen if they could rewind the tape of life's history and let evolution play out all over again. Would lineages of organisms evolve…
A Crystal Ball for Evolution
Explore Eevolution is happening all the time, all around us. It can reshape entire populations of a species in a wink of time—just a couple of generations. Take Darwin's finches,…
Puberty in the Ice Age was Much Like Today
Explore Biological anthropologist April Nowell had been studying the skeletons of Ice Age children for two decades when she began to see her own kids in a new light. They…
The Last Hominin Standing – Nautilus
Explore A surprising discovery about human evolution began with a research study about, surprisingly, birds. Five years ago, evolutionary biology Laura van Holstein at the University of Cambridge read a…
The Mystery of the Cave Cats
Explore Last year, cavers rappelled into Natural Bridges Caverns in Texas—a popular commercial tourist cave that reaches 230 feet into the ground—and picked up two small cat skeletons that were…
The Origins of Animal Consciousness According to Peter Godfrey-Smith
Explore Philosopher of science Peter Godfrey-Smith has spent decades considering the mental life of animals. His ongoing work on octopus cognition has helped to frame the discussion about how we…