Contrary to what many of us would predict most female animals are not monogamous. Not even swans or penguins, those (supposedly) hallmarks of monogamy. Also surprising is the evidence that in most…

In reviewing this article, I couldn't help but notice the problems in how this information was reported, so that it became quite apparent why the general public perpetually misunderstands or…

Progressing from crude stone tools to elegant hand axes was a technological leap, but that required the slow, complex process of evolution, says a new study that seeks to explain why it took …

Will Wright’s demo of Spore illustrates some key concepts of complex systems, including the notion of simple rules generating complex behaviors, and also the power of recursively applied (i…

Michael White made a comment in response to a poorly explained point I made about behaviours in the original version of Twelve Misunderstandings of Evolution, but in his haste to present his own take…

Gradual evolution is not supported by geological history, writes New York University geologist Michael Rampino, who prefers the hypothesis that long periods of evolutionary stability were disrupted…

1950s horror movies were primarily irradiated monsters but they also contained a bit of a cultural slam - the heroes were often scientists but they were battling other scientists who were often not…

Pt Jawaharlal Nehru wrote famous book Discovery of India. It depicted unity in diversity. Now if you apply the same to the world of plants and call it discovery of biodiversity , the unity in…

East and West have developed in different manner. Societies evolved into countries on the global earth not so long ago taking into account history of earth . Man in last 5000 years has evolved What…

Most of the films in Bollywood show the boy or girl rich or poor hating each other or their parents fighting each other. My foreign Professor once asked me after seeing a movie ( I took great pains…