Tag: The Conversation
Another Attempt by an Esteemed Cosmologist to Avoid a Cosmic Beginning Collapses on Inspection
Roger Penrose, one of the preeminent physicists of our day, envisions that the universe is eternally expanding.
Fossil Follies from Around the Science Literature
Evolutionary anthropologists will have to drastically revise the timeline of the first human arrivals in North America.
Methane Causes Space Aliens?
Recent sensational headlines give astute readers occasion to contrast valid scientific inferences from leaps of faith based on worldview assumptions.
Across Species, Animal Adoptions Pose an Evolutionary Conundrum
Animals don’t have reason or moral accountability but there is abundant evidence that mammals and birds have feelings. And feelings often follow their own rules.
A Flea Circus of Small Animal Acrobats
Small animals amuse and amaze scientists who take a close look at them in action. Sometimes it requires a high-speed camera to analyze the trick.