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"Easy Does It" Evolution Credited with Anything and Everything

Reporters show remarkably little discernment about the limitations of natural selection, but scientists don't rebuke them.

Reporter Misuses "Irreducible Complexity"

A secular science reporter blundered twice about irreducible complexity and evolution.

Rudolfensis and the Red-Nosed Paleoanthropologist

Add Leakey to Homo skulls and what do you get? Headlines! — with fine print that undermines the celebration.

Brazil's Islands in the Sky Defy Evolution

Isolated table mountains with sheer cliffs in South America should be natural laboratories for evolution. Why aren't they?

The Fish Explosion

Fish are exploding in the kitchen of evolutionary phylogenomics.

Can Gratitude Be Studied Scientifically?

Some psychologists say gratitude improves one's well being. But is that a subject for science?

Mt. St. Helens Renewal Slow, Steady

This is an eyewitness report of ecological renewal at the volcano that erupted 32 years ago.

Weightlifters No Match for Insects

For Olympic season, here are more comparisons between human and animal capabilities.

More Olympic Creatures

Plants and animals continue to amaze us with their Olympic-level abilities. New observations promote some to the award stand.

Peppered Moths Without Evolution

A new study shows that scientific research on moth camouflage does not require evolutionary theory.

Animals Win the Gold

As the Olympics begin in London, it's fun to consider how animals would compete against humans.

Humans by Mistake

Scientists from Scotland claim to trace our origins to a genetic mistake 500 million years ago.

Man Blamed for Living Fossil Extinction Threat

The chambered nautilus is on the decline, after 500 million years of survival from the world's greatest extinction events. Guess who's to blame.

Body Double: Your Body as a Template for Inventors

Your body contains a lot of things engineers would like to copy, and not just at the scale of C3P0-like humanoid robots.

Boat Men or Float Men

Alleged human ancestors may have drifted to islands without boats, an evolutionist claims.
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