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Now, they aren't actually talking about humans -- they're talking about plants and animals able to reproduce both by themselves and with others. But that doesn't make it any less amusing.
Dan Agin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
The problem for the working scientist is that the essence of science is a self-conscious and mandatory objectivity -- which means dogma and doctrine are essentially antithetical.
A First | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green
A tropical jumping spider that eats mostly plant buds has been identified, a new study says--making it the only known vegetarian out of some 40,000 sp...
The Blotter | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living
New details from a University of Minnesota researcher's initial tests show the stem cells actually make it to the brain when snorted rather than impla...
New Scientist | Sanjida O'Connell | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
It sounds like the avian equivalent of an Ozzy Osbourne legend. Great tits have been discovered killing and eating bats by pecking their heads open. ...
The Daily Mail | Posted 09.21.2009 | Home
Artificial life will be made to order in the laboratory within four months, a controversial biologist has claimed. U.S genome expert Craig Venter, sa...
Scott Lachut | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living
This quest for what might be, creates a seemingly infinite feedback loop where consumption continuously renews the appetite.
Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living
Music today is to live, real music as an origami frog is to a real one. Music has, in short, been dumbed down.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green
Rabbits have invaded The University of Victoria campus and officials, worried that the bunnies are damaging the landscape, are considering various way...
Live Science | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics
People who squirm at the sight of bugs or are grossed out by blood and guts are more likely to be politically conservative, new studies find....
Indra Adnan | Posted 06.14.2009 | Media
Working alongside the men, rather than in the room next door, seemed to us the best way to reach the Downing Street Project's goal -- not just the women.
TEDTalks | Posted 05.27.2009 | World
Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is outwitting the next pandemic by staying two steps ahead: discovering new, deadly viruses where they first emerge.
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living
Morality is our biological destiny, not a gift from god.
TEDTalks | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living
Armed with blood samples, high-tech tools and a small army of fieldworkers, Nathan Wolfe hopes to re-invent pandemic control.
John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.15.2009 | Living
The world is not black and white, and neither are our so-called historical heroes. Children should be taught what these historical figures really believed and the ramifications of their beliefs.
Bill Allen | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
I proposed in jest the idea of an online degree in "creationism." I never imagined that anyone could seriously put forward such an outlandish idea. Boy, was I ever wrong.
Bill Allen | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics
Now is the time to confront one of the major myths perpetuated by the previous anti-intellectual, anti-science regime. Now is the time to keep science in science class and keep religion out.
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 02.24.2009 | Green
The fundamental challenge facing dung beetles is, unsurprisingly, finding dung. Time is of the essence -- arrive late and you might find that another poo pirate has stolen the prize.
Josie Garthwaite | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green
Two highly reactive chemicals in a common plastic can leak from disposable lab equipment and skew the outcome of life science research.
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green
In many cases, the observed patterns in nature are indeed different from those expected under the assumption of randomness.
Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green
In general, loss of species that perform unique functions and have few close relatives (in evolutionary terms) would cause the most disruption.
Gary Marcus | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
Lost amid all the recent discussions of intelligent design is one simple basic fact: the human species isn't intelligently designed.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2008 | Living
ABC News reports on the findings of a study that concluded 16% of U.S. science teachers are Creationists, and that, disturbingly, one in eight are tea...
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eSarcasm | Posted 10.28.2009 | Comedy