33 Results
Evolution Is Really Not That Into Sex
Plants and animals have reproduced without sex for eons. So why did nature bother?
Why We Stink at Tackling Climate Change
Global threats result from human culture outrunning human biology.
How Alan Turing Deciphered Shark Skin
The universal math behind hair and feathers.
Bombers and Pterosaurs Were Both Before Their Time
The evolution of B-2s and lizards.
Heredity Beyond the Gene
What you pass on to your kids isn’t always in your genetic code.
The Mate Selection Trapdoor
Tracing the evolution of hidden sexual preferences.
Why Females Decide What’s Beautiful
Uncovering the nature of sexual selection.
Why Hasn’t Evolution Made Another Platypus?
The debate over whether evolution is predictable or haphazard.
Survival of the Friendliest
It’s time to give the violent metaphors of evolution a break.
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