Environment

As today is world earth day, I chose to write about a nice paper that came out at the end of last year in which scientists are using a very cool technique to study how the world around us works. Physics Researchers at the University of…

At the end of Ciaran Murphy-Royal's Art + Science, he called for people to take part and respond with more art + science suggestions. The following is Vera Pinheiro's inspired response. Art and Science: two disciplines long seen as…

Parasitic Cuckoos Protect “step-siblings”: their stink repels predators You might have heard that certain species of cuckoo are “nest parasites”. One such species is the great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) that lays its…

Nature vs nurture? Does it make any difference?  When we are all born with what our parents gave us in terms of genes, what room is there for improvement – or to hold up some types of wear and tear? What can and cannot be changed,…

I love listening to science podcasts, reading papers and scientific books. In a science podcast I listened to the other week, the hosts spoke about how some classic paintings by non-scientists actually have scientifically accurate elements,…

This is a view of great antiquity and was particularly arrestingly explicated in 1802 by William Paley in his book “Natural Theology”. His was a version of the “Argument from Design” which seeks to show that such complexity could only have…

Opponents of evolution often point to gaps in the fossil record and suggest that this is evidence that evolution could not have occurred. Where are the intermediate species? It can be agreed without hesitation that there are not only gaps…