Astronomy What’s Happening at Betelgeuse? January 24, 2020 Astronomers are puzzled by the dimming of one of the brightest stars in the sky, Betelgeuse in Orion. CONTINUE READING
Dinosaurs Kid dinosaur was misidentified as a new species January 8, 2020 Oops: Tissue confirms Nanotyrannus was not a new species, but merely a juvenile T. rex. CONTINUE READING
Mammals The Pangolin: The Strangest Animal Known to Man May 31, 2019 This animal's tough, overlapping, reptile-protective keratin scales make it look like a giant pinecone with a long, thin reptile-tail CONTINUE READING
Solar System Pluto Rivals Earth in Geological Complexity September 14, 2018 Call it what you will, Pluto is a planet of surprises. Its active geology is second only to Earth's, say two planetary scientists. CONTINUE READING
Darwin and Evolution Darwin’s Tree Is Dead August 6, 2018 How many people have heard that Darwin's famous branching-tree diagram of universal common ancestry is obsolete? Many scientists haven't heard yet, either. CONTINUE READING
Philosophy of Science Welcome to the Anthropocene September 5, 2016 Geologists are adding a new era to the geologic column: the Anthropocene, when humans began man-handling the planet. CONTINUE READING
Early Man Body Diversity Threatens to Undermine Paleoanthropology March 30, 2015 People don't all look the same today; body types vary tremendously. Why should we assume differently about the past? CONTINUE READING
Dinosaurs Dinosaur Variety was Extreme November 8, 2014 Here are news stories about dinosaurs, from dwarfs to giants that lived in all kinds of habitats. CONTINUE READING
Darwin and Evolution How Explanatory Is Evolutionary Theory? October 18, 2014 Darwinians make big boasts about their theory as the central organizing principle in biology, but what does it actually explain? CONTINUE READING