Category: Science
“Living Fossil”? Maybe. Tuatara Genome Is Now Sequenced and Published
The tuatara genome is 5GB, making it enormous relative to other vertebrates — and full of surprises.
Human Engineers Can’t Top These Biological Intelligent Designs
In labs around the world, scientists are fascinated by living designs. Here are just a few examples of what is being reported on a weekly basis.
Remarkably, Humans Are Just the Right Size to Make and Master Fire
Only an organism of our dimensions and android design — 1.5 to 2 meters in height with arms about 1 meter-long ending in manipulative tools — can handle fire.
Evolution Can’t Explain Sexual Modesty; Why Not?
Darwinism is supposed to be a universal theory about biological diversity advancing through reproduction. Could such a basic observation be beyond its scope?
Privacy in Human Intimacy Isn’t About Evolution
We transcend the strictly material forces that spur natural selection. We, alone in the known universe, are moral beings.