If you’ve ever wondered how quickly evolution works, well, now you have an answer: slowly. Very. Slowly. In fact it takes at least 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve to the size of an elephant. More »
If you liked Carl Sagan’s autotuned music videos celebrating the wonders of the cosmos, you will like this one celebrating the wonders of evolution too, featuring David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins and Bill Nye. More »
Wait, I thought evolution was an interminably slow process requiring millions of years to make any noticeable difference? Apparently not if you’re yeast. A research team has just announce that it’s figured out how to evolve a single-celled organism into a multicellular animal just like a freakin’ Pokemon. More »
Do you prefer to run in packs or operate as a loner? Your answer is determined by your genes, a new study claims. It’s a big shift in social behaviour theory, since scientists previously thought the environment determined social behaviour. More »
This year’s Miss USA pageant featured some very polarising subject matter for our bevy of beautiful lasses to contend with. Like what they thought of evolution. The results were at least only kind of sad. More »
In just the first three months of 2011, nine bills have been introduced in seven US states, which allow creationism to be taught in our schools’ classrooms. Four of them have already died in committee. Four are still under review. More »
