Biology

The hierarchical structure of species relationships makes it hard to find a simple cut-off line between different biblical kinds.

Infra-red telescopes use moth eye design

Angel fish scales are powerfully reflective.

Bird teeth are not proof of dino-to-bird evolution.

Iguanas colonize Anguilla via vegetation rafts

Lady­bird pupae secrete ant repellent

Evolutionary psychology reflects Western media ideas.

Did the Chicxulub impact cause iridium layers or wipe out the dinosaurs, or are there problems with this idea, or did human hunting or the Ice Age kill them

When this jellyfish starts to grow old—it just makes itself young again. And again.

What do genetics and morphology reveal about how many created kinds of bats there originally were?

This ‘beneficial mutation’ is also linked to auto-immune diseases.

Engineers could copy this design for use in micro-robots.

An anomalous ape fossil found in South America in rocks labelled Paleogene raises questions of how it got there.

Noah was Y Chromosome Adam, but placing the Patriarchs on the Y tree is difficult when many alternate hypotheses exist

John Sanford, inventor of gene gun, says genetic entropy makes evolution impossible

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