Biology
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How to Weed Creationism Out of Schools
The problem with high school biology teachers. -
If Half of All Species Go Extinct, Will One of Them Be Us?
Biodiversity JengaMartin Sharman Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . How many animal species do you think go extinct every year? Last week I conducted a highly unscientific polling of around 20 of my Facebook and Google Chat contacts, asking that same question. I’m not trying to brag, but I […] -
Fruits and Vegetables Are Trying to Kill You
Antioxidant vitamins don’t stress us like plants do—and don’t have their beneficial effect. -
Austria’s Ahead-of-Its-Time Institute That Was Lost to Nazis
In 1911, Popular Science Monthly published an enthusiastic description of a young, private experimental-biology institute in Vienna, lauding its “remarkable scientific productivity resulting from only eight years of research.” Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . The author, zoologist Charles Lincoln Edwards, attributed the success of the Biologische Versuchsanstalt (Insitute of […] -
How Unicorns Evolved Into Rhinos, Goblin Sharks & Olinguitos
Earlier this month there was a rare announcement, promoted widely by the press: a new mammal species had been discovered, the first carnivorous mammal identified in the Americas for 35 years. But the olinguito, as the raccoon-like carnivore is now known, was not spotted for its surprising looks or remarkable behaviors that set it apart […]
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Getting Straight to the Site of Disease
Nanomedicine is going to battle against brain disease in Iraq veterans.