Science

Aussie Study: It Takes 24 Million Generations For A Mouse To Evolve Into An Elephant

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.


January 23, 2012
Science

Evolution Is The Greatest Show On Earth

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.


January 18, 2012
Science

Multicellular Evolution Apparently Isn’t That Tough And Only Takes 60 Days

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.


December 21, 2011
Science

Why Genetic Determinism Is Bad For Humans

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.


September 23, 2011
Science

Female Promiscuity Is a Biological Imperative

Men have always had evolution to blame for their wily Casanova ways – that whole spreading their seed far and wide thing. Finally, evolution is coming through for women, too!


September 16, 2011
Science

What Does Evolutionary Biology Have To Do With Christmas In Binghamton?

David Sloan Wilson decided that Darwin’s evolution would never be taken seriously until it affected the world in a real and tangible way. In The neighbourhood Project he employs all the powers of biology, sociology, religion and economics to improve his hometown of Binghamton, New York.


June 22, 2011
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Evolution Continues To Divide Aspiring Beauty Queens

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.


April 29, 2011
Science

Humans Are On The Verge Of Evolving Into Another Species

A scientist who studies the small, silver elephantfish may have stumbled on the key to speciation, the process that allows one species to evolve into two or more. And it’s all about developing new sensory perceptions.


March 24, 2011
Science

This Is How – And Where – Science Dies In Our Classrooms

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.


March 11, 2011
Science

The Difference Between Apes And Humans That Led To The Internet

Like chimps and bonobos, humans live in social groups full individuals who help each other. Also like our monkey relatives, we make war with outsiders. But our social groups can be millions strong. What makes humans so good at forming mass societies?