Extinct Giant Tortoise May Still Be Alive in Galapagos
Genetic traces of a supposedly extinct giant Galapagos tortoise species have been found in living hybrids, and the tragically vanished behemoths may soon be resurrected. The post Extinct Giant Tortoise...
View ArticleDarwin’s Creepiest Experiment Brought Back to Life
Charles Darwin liked to freak out his friends—for science. Guests visiting the famed naturalist in 1868 were shown a set of "ghoulish" photos of a guy being prodded in the face with an electrical...
View ArticleScience Versus Fiction: SETI’s Seth Shostak on Battleship
A researcher with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, who also served as a consultant on the $200 million movie based on a board game, talks about how Battleship's alien encounter squares...
View ArticleDarwin Was Right: Islands Have More Species
Ecologists have found some of the first evidence that island biodiversity is crucially different from that of the mainland. The work may impact everything from the study of evolution to conservation...
View ArticleHappy International Darwin Day!
As you probably already know, Abraham Lincoln was born on this date in 1809. But that's not all: also born on that day, in that same year, was the father of evolution himself, Charles Darwin. The post...
View ArticleVideo: How Rap Battles Are Helping High Schoolers Learn to Love Science
The Science Genius program in New York City schools is helping kids learn science through hip-hop -- and the knowledge the drop in their own raps is incredible. The post Video: How Rap Battles Are...
View ArticleIt’s Ask a Curator Day!
Ask museum curators all over the world anything you want. The post It’s Ask a Curator Day! appeared first on WIRED.
View ArticleFantastically Wrong: What Darwin Really Screwed Up About Evolution
It’s hard to overstate just how brilliant and huge an idea Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection was and continues to be. It absolutely rocked Victorian England, to the extent that...
View ArticleNew Novel Pits Darwin Against God, Indiana Jones-Style
In the latest episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy satirist James Morrow discusses God, Darwin, and how those things meet in his new book Galapagos Regained. The post New Novel Pits Darwin Against...
View ArticleFat? Sick? Blame Your Grandparents’ Bad Habits
Toward the end of World War II, the Nazis blocked all food and fuel supplies to the Netherlands, leading to famine. Many babies born during this famine suffered long-term effects, including a higher...
View ArticleDarwin Would Have Been a Pokémon Go Master
Darwin was a nerd, and if he were alive today, he would definitely be trying to catch 'em all. The post Darwin Would Have Been a Pokémon Go Master appeared first on WIRED.
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