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Charles Darwin on the fossil record (from On the Origin of
Charles Darwin on the fossil record (from On the Origin of Species): A crowd of difficulties will have occurred to the reader (of my theory). Some of...

If evolution is a struggle for survival, why hasnt it ruthlessly
If evolution is a struggle for survival, why hasnt it ruthlessly eliminated altruists, who seem to increase prospects of survival at the cost of their...

Jellyfish might look like mere drifters, but some of them have a
Jellyfish might look like mere drifters, but some of them have a remarkable ability to detect the direction of ocean currents and to swim strongly aga...

The nature of consciousness, the mechanism by which it occurs in
The nature of consciousness, the mechanism by which it occurs in the brain, and its ultimate place in the universe are unknown. We proposed in the mid...

Go home, evolution --- youre drunk!!! Penicillin may have saved
Go home, evolution --- youre drunk!!! Penicillin may have saved more human lives than any other drug. Yet, almost as soon as it was introduced in the...

For some of the world’s brightest brains, artificial
For some of the world’s brightest brains, artificial intelligence (AI) could spell doom and gloom for mankind. So it’s nice to know that some rese...