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.
Michael Sigman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology
It can be exhilarating to contemplate the digital and evolutionary future. But I don't know if I could bear a world of "vookcases," "vook reports," and God forbid, a New York Review of Vooks.
Todd Kashdan | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living
Let's move beyond the silly argument of how much television people should watch. If you are a parent, the amount of TV your children watch should not be another area for you to stress about.
Reuters | John Mehaffey | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home
Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions. Any Neanderthal wom...
Posted 10.13.2009 | Technology
Chris Higgins at Mental Floss flags this very cool video of an ultra-slow motion camera capturing the impact of bullets on a variety of objects. Two ...
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
Allowing the Census Bureau to apply its scientific powers to the question of changing families is a breath of fresh air from which demographers, and the public, will ultimately benefit.
Landon Ross | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living
Other countries are on a future trajectory to out-compete us in science and technology. It's hugely unpatriotic to do nothing in the face of moneyed interests pushing superstition into the classroom.
Doc Childre | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living
Many people are feeling a shift in consciousness happening now and some are predicting a major planetary shift around the year 2012.
npr.org | Laura Sydell | Posted 10.12.2009 | Technology
Many of us like to believe that there's a little magic behind the making of a hit single. David Meredith, CEO of Music Intelligence Solutions, says th...
Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 10.12.2009 | World
KAUST is the first university in Saudi Arabia to allow a mixed-gender environment. This has triggered a 'showdown' between the press and a senior member of the clergy.
Medical News Today | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living
University of Michigan mathematicians say they have identified the signal the brain sends to the rest of the body to control biological rhythms, a fin...
eSarcasm | Posted 10.10.2009 | Comedy
eSarcasm managed to score an exclusive interview with Ardi. Here she talks about what it's like to be the world's first hip hop diva, and reveals the real reasons why men walk upright.
Posted 10.09.2009 | New York
Since first opening at the American Museum of Natural History in 1998, the Butterfly Conservatory has been cherished by millions of children and adult...
James M. Gentile | Posted 10.09.2009 | Technology
These awards speak volumes about the key role of immigration in American scientific leadership. As a nation, we have our work cut out for us, if we want to maintain scientific leadership.
AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
PASADENA, Calif. — The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn, NASA's Jet Propul...
AP | DAVE KOLPACK | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Running a marathon, grab a carbohydrate bar. Lifting weights, gulp a protein shake. But climbing into a fighter jet? Butter-...
nytimes.com | SARAH ARNQUIST | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
BUSHENYI, Uganda Laban Rutagumirwa charges his mobile phone with a car battery because his dirt-floor home deep in the remote, banana-covered hills of...
Marty Kaplan | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
Whether they're cynical postures or sincere beliefs doesn't matter: ruthless opposition and dingbat delusions are the currency of right-wing success, and sand in the gears of democracy.
Carleton Bryant | Posted 10.05.2009 | Comedy
Archeologists have found a smaller version of Stonehenge about a mile from the larger circle of rocks in Wiltshire, England, the BBC is reporting.
Rob Smart | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green
Right from the start, Mr. Smith works hard to make "good food" advocates out to be a powerful force hellbent on destroying our abundant food system.
Ellen Futter | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York
If today, after many years of "business as usual," our society, our systems, and our institutions are all undergoing a kind of evolutionary burst, then how do we ensure that it yields change for the better?
Posted 12.01.2009 | Green
Check out these recently released images of Ardi, the earliest discovered "human ancestor." (All captions and images courtesy of Science Magazine/...
Posted 12.01.2009 | Green
Guest post by Jamie Shreeve, National Geographic Magazine Science Editor The big news in the journal Science tomorrow is the discovery of the oldest ...
Lee Schneider | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living
Acupuncture doesn't hurt anybody. Many believe that it works. While "believe" might be the operative word there, the evidence to satisfy the skeptics isn't here yet.
eSarcasm | Posted 10.28.2009 | Comedy