Biology
By: Lucie Shores
The human brain is the fastest, continually evolving organism in the universe. In spite of all we know about the brain, there is something slightly questionable about using the object we are studying to do the studies. Somehow this catch 22 has caused brain research...
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By: Kallie Szczepanski
This mammal looks like a gigantic walking pine cone, and its name sounds like "penguin" and "mandolin" combined. When threatened, it curls up into a spiny ball that few predators dare paw at- those sharp spines can really lacerate assailants. It's similar in lifestyle to...
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By: Tracy Bishop
Enchanted DolphinsENCHANTED DOLPHINS The pink dolphin, with its individual species that differs greatly from ocean dolphins in the Amazon region, is one of the numerous amazing and interesting creatures to capture attention. The pink dolphin lives in the Amazon River while ocean dolphins live in...
By: Kallie Szczepanski
The saiga antelope of Central Asia is an extraordinary-looking creature. Its signature feature is the nose: oddly long, rubbery, and flexible- like a tapir's trunk, almost, or an elephant seal's snout. This nose is an adaptation to the saiga's home on the cold, windy plains...
Medicinal drugs from common plants
By: Rex Trulove
Writing a comprehensive list of medicines that come from or originally came from plants could produce a very large book. The reason is that far more medications came from plants (or still do) than man has produced in his laboratories. Many plants are medicinal, though...
Douglas fir trees: Indentification and uses
By: Lime Green Sphere
If you purchased a live Christmas tree for the holiday season, you are probably already familiar with the fresh, aromatic scent of the fir tree, and its long lasting needles. As you may already know, fir trees are not a single species, as there are...
Is the Human Race Evolving or Devolving
By: Kelli G.
Natural Selection is Not So Natural AnymoreThe encyclopedia defines natural selection as "a process by which biological populations are altered over time, as a result of the propagation of heritable traits that affect the capacity of individual organisms to survive and reproduce." Simply put...
Is the Human Race Evolving or Devolving
By: Gareth Jones
To answer or even ask the question "Is the human race evolving or devolving?" one must create the illusion that evolution itself has aims, goals or a predetermined direction; presumably with adaptation in the opposite direction accounting for "devolution". But this is a fallacy...
By: Bryan Belrad
In December 2007, researchers in Switzerland announced that they had created the first robots capable of a form of evolution - and had found something surprising along the way.What they'd done was build a number of machines programmed with basic survival protocols, and put...
By: Kathryn Kirby
What do you see in your minds eye when you try to picture a Fire Ant? Did you imagine an innocent looking, tiny red ant? One with a sting of liquid fire able to make you itch for hours? Only to end up with an...
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