Tag Archive | "humans"
Impossible Hybrid Creatures
Artist Amy Ross works in the bizarre hinterland where art confronts science, and in magical realms where the boundaries between living organisms blur. Birds become mushrooms, and mushrooms birds. Magnolias bloom into cardinals and sheep, while birch trees morph into human and animal forms.
Continue reading...Monkeys Have Morals After All
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Darwin himself might have raised a bushy eyebrow at the idea that monkeys and apes have a sense of morality and the capacity to tell right from wrong. Such moral qualities have been widely held to be part and parcel of what distinguishes us from our furrier simian relatives – but fresh research implies otherwise.
Continue reading...The Alien Spider Invasion of Britain
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
The love of imported foods, plants and year-round produce means that an alien invasion of Britain is happening. Scientists have recently discovered that the false widow spider is now able to live through the increasingly mild winters in Britain and now fear that it's only a matter of time until its big cousin the black widow comes hits the British shores.
Continue reading...Human Beings: The Ultimate Comeback Story
Friday, April 25, 2008
It’s entirely possible that the Earth could have saved herself what some of my more country brethren call “a whole passel of trouble” if she’d only finished the job… Image from Big Daddy Man was on the brink of extinction once, and had to break into small bands in [...]
Continue reading...Human Embryos Cloned
Friday, January 18, 2008
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the future. It’s really weird. Stemagen Corp., a California based bioresearch firm, has claimed that it has cloned human embryos.
Continue reading...Mother Earth: The Evolution of Man
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Welcome to the 12th post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth. So far
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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