Paleoanthropologist Yohannes Haile-Selassie, one of the discoverers of Ardipithecus ramidus, will be giving a talk in Bloomington next week. He will be speaking on Tuesday, December 1, at 4:00 PM in Whittenberger Auditorium at IU Bloomington on “Ardi:...

So how about giving your brain something fun to think about the next time it rains? Check out this extremely slow-motion video of what happens when a water drop falls into a pool of water: As someone in the video points out, that complicated and...

The group that brought us Earth Hour this past spring is now trying to collect as many “votes for Earth” as possible, to impress upon world leaders that people everywhere would appreciate it if they made serious progress toward addressing global...

A new article in The Atlantic has rocked my world in a way that articles anywhere seldom do. David Dobbs explains a new hypothesis regarding genes, environment, and behavior, which he dubs the orchid hypothesis. I’ve written before about genes that...

Der Spiegel has interviewed Umberto Eco about an exhibit he is curating at the Louvre. The exhibit focuses on the importance of lists to culture and art. It may sound a bit off the wall, but Eco gets at some fundamental aspects of human nature. He...