Re-Wilding vs Human Safety
April 8, 2025
The effort to resurrect extinct animals exhibits antipathy to human exceptionalism.
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Evolution Explains Everything and Nothing
March 26, 2025
Scientists and reporters treat evolution like an all-purpose god, a placeholder for ignorance.
Assuming Evolution Makes Scientists Lazy
February 4, 2025
Scientist: Don't just say "it evolved." Go to the lab and figure it out.
Archive: Jellyfish, Stem Cells, Quran, Bats, Homo, Titan, Spiders, More
January 25, 2025
Here are some of the stories we were reporting in January 2002, restored from archives. Some of the items here were of fundamental importance at the time.
Archive: Membrane Channels, Molecular Machines, Censorship, Cave Art, More
January 17, 2025
Breakthroughs, controversies, and scientists acting badly: these are other reports recovered from January 2002.
Gene Regulation Is Distinctively Human
January 8, 2025
Another study finds extreme brain differences between humans and apes.
ENST: Non-Evolution of the Wet Dog Shake
January 4, 2025
This fun article was published at Evolution News on December 9, 2024.
Respect that Christmas Tree Before You Toss It
January 3, 2025
Conifers are remarkably hardy trees equipped to survive harsh conditions.
Archive: Wise Men, Aquaporins, Horses, Plate Tectonics, Phylogeny, More
December 20, 2024
Here are some of the stories we were reporting before Christmas in 2001, restored from archives.
Archive: Cells, Africa, Cloning, Microscopy, Stem Cells, Racism, Bladder, Faith
December 13, 2024
Here are some of the stories we were reporting in mid December 2001, restored from archives.
Paranthropus Not a Missing Link
December 11, 2024
Paranthropus boisei (formerly Zinjanthropus) is no longer considered a missing link. It was an extinct ape.
Archive: Motors, Teens, Geology Mysteries, Mars Flood, Pluto, Stem Cells, More
December 6, 2024
Here are some of the stories we were reporting in early December 2001, restored from archives.
Gophers Help Restore Volcano Damage
November 18, 2024
How could scientists accelerate the restoration of the devastated area around Mt. St. Helens? Send in the gophers!
Archive: Clocks, JPL, Smell, Rapid Geology, Mole Rats, Darwin for Kids, ATP Synthase, Golgi, Joy
November 15, 2024
Here are some of the stories we were reporting in mid November 2001, restored from archives.
Epic Fail: Million Monkeys Will Never Type Shakespeare
November 11, 2024
Even with infinite trials and all available time, this old icon cannot succeed, scientists say.