GREAT interest has been awakened, of late, by the promulgation of a new “ Theory of Creation ” ; and nonscientific readers have met with numerous controversial articles in the journals, magazines, and ...

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WE had hoped ere now to have received the second instalment of this work, and to have dealt with the two volumes in a single critical notice. Unforeseen causes, one of them deeply to be regretted, ...

Did that lobster on your dinner plate inherit its big crusher claw…or did it evolve through need, without the help of genes? Genetics aren't the only triggers for the traits a species develops, ...

Abrupt shifts in the evolution of animals – short periods of time when an organism rapidly changes size or form – have long been a challenge for theorists including Darwin. Now a newly published ...

In the UK House of Lords, peers who vote for a piece of legislation are called the 'contents' and those who vote against it are called the 'not contents'. They are not called 'discontents' or ...

When we eat spicy food — a pork enchilada, say, or perhaps a Thai papaya salad — we typically experience one of two reactions (beyond thinking it’s delicious): The first is to drink a lot of water; ...