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Brain Makes Automatic Statistical Inference

Your brain isn't a computer, but contains a powerful one.

Illustra Media Celebrates Animal Diversity

A new short film from Illustra Media is sure to delight children – and adults, too.

Automatic Emergency Brake Found on Molecular Motor

Ross Anderson discusses a new finding about how an 'emergency brake' works in one of the most vital of all molecular machines, ATP synthase.

Super Designs in Amazing Animals, Part 2

Organisms of all kinds, sizes and shapes have mastered physical principles in astonishing ways. Here are more examples.

Super Designs in Amazing Animals, Part I

Animals of all kinds, sizes and shapes have mastered physical principles in astonishing ways.

Complex Eyes of ‘Simple’ Clams Confound Darwin

The eyes of the lowly scallop have eyes of exquisite design, built on a principle unrelated to any putative evolutionary sequence.

Extreme Fine Tuning in Body Cells, Part 2

Here are two examples of an ultra-fine balance between function and disease inside the cells of our body's sensory cells (Part 2).

Extreme Fine Tuning in Body Cells, Part I

Here are just two examples of an ultra-fine balance between function and disease inside the cells of our body's sensory cells (Part 1 of 2).

Photosynthesis: Darwin’s Great Mystery Is Still a Mystery

Dr Jerry Bergman explains why the origin of photosynthesis remains a profound problem for evolution.

Asian Languages Approach Biblical Timeline

Origin of the Sino-Tibetan language family about 5,900 years ago? Yeah, that's about right, within error.

Remarkable Resuscitations

Doctors and families should not be too quick to unplug a comatose person. Look what can happen.
Blue lupines are legumes that fix nitrogen in the soil. Photo by David Coppedge.

Two Resurrections Celebrated

For Easter, Illustra Media has produced a short film that dazzles the eyes with nature's beauty as a metaphor for resurrection.

Mechanical Engineering in the Skeleton

Dr Henry Richter explains some of the design requirements for having a skeleton.

Words of Wisdom from Wildflowers

Springtime is here and the wildflowers are blooming. What lessons can nature lovers learn from these beauties?

The Non-Evolution of Birds

Dr James F. Coppedge tells an example of a bird whose all-or-nothing migration cannot be explained by evolution.
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