Virgin birth – which involves the development of an unfertilised egg – has preoccupied humans for aeons. And although it can’t happen in mammals, it does seem to be possible in […]
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The road to intelligent life is a series of hard steps.
Often called modern-day dinosaurs, cassowaries are one of only a few birds known to have killed humans.
About 150 million years ago, a long-necked sauropod came down with a respiratory infection. The rest is history…or is it?
An emerging field studies parasites that take over the nervous system of a host.
Spicy foods are enjoyed the world over, but scientists don’t know why people partake in culinary masochism.
The high pitches from the flute and the harp would reach your ears before the notes from the tuba and the cello.
This map samples some of the digits that make up the DDC system, invented by the brilliant but flawed Melvil Dewey.
There’s an enormous evolutionary advantage for flamingos to stand on one leg, but genetics doesn’t help. Only physics explains why.
Our ancestral cousins far more intelligent than we credit them for, and they did things most of us cannot.
After almost a century in print, “How to Win Friends and Influence People” still has lessons to teach us.
Don’t worry that your dog’s world is visually drab.
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
There are dozens of learning and development conferences to choose from each year. Here are 10 of the most popular, along with what makes them unique.
The brain of an ancient bird offers clues to the survival of its modern-day relatives.
He was also a eugenicist — but at least he could draw pretty pictures.
Within a month of that initial conversation, Peter Singer became a vegetarian.
The list includes eleven species of birds, eight species of freshwater mussels, two fish, a bat, and a plant from the mint family.
Before there were planets, stars, and galaxies, before even neutral atoms or stable protons, there was the Big Bang. How did we prove it?
A study on the “moral circles” of liberals and conservatives gets drafted into the culture wars — with mixed results.
It’s spooky, and it’s happening all around us. And inside us.
To this day, one cult believes that Lemuria was real, and that its people left us the sacred wisdom to revive their advanced civilization.
The Seychelles magpie-robin is up for sale – yes, for sale – as a digital nature collectible.
For better and worse, the Columbian Exchange plugged the Americas into the global system — and there was no going back.
The controversial theory about magic mushrooms and human evolution gets a much-needed update.
Like witchcraft, “racecraft” refers to a kind of magical thinking — one that treats race as if it were scientifically meaningful.
Turning off a gene called “Myc” has a surprising effect in male fruit flies: They start courting other males.
Communication among cetaceans, like whales and dolphins, looks especially promising.
