Anatomy and physiology

Electron microscope unlocks the amazing design of the structures that makes avian flight possible.

If your leg bones were made of metal—even the finest space-age alloys— ordinary walking would eventually cause them to fatigue and break. Why doesn’t this happen with bones?

PhD anatomist David Kauffman points out that the human body is ‘ultra superior’ to anything that people have been able to invent.

First man Adam, made of dust of the ground, head of mankind, husband of Eve, Y-chromosome progenitor, rib bone donor.

A big question about the most complex structure in the universe

Do bats have a sixth sense? Turns out they can ‘see’ earth’s magnetic field with the cornea of their eyes. Small magnetite particles feature as a ‘compass needle’.

Baby brains are programmed for learning any language in the world and many other things, even before birth.

Is the pursuit of youth a vain hope? Is there scientific merit to the idea of living much longer than we do today?

Is the palmar grasp reflex a vestigial remnant of evolution?

Does having an extra forearm artery prove evolution?

Does evolution give a sound explanation for the arrival of acoustics? They say the earth was mostly quiet for billions of years, but is that an argument from silence?

Morganucodon is not a transitional fossil, but the evidence is consistent with it being a mammal.

Recent discoveries about heme pose problems for evolutionary theory

For years, lactose intolerance was regarded as abnormal.

Accident and adaptation, or divine design?

Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses) are fascinating, flippered creatures designed for land and sea that thwart evolution.