The tree of life, the ingenious device used to visualize the evolution of the various taxa, is constantly undergoing changes and revisions. With new improvements in gene sequencing, coupled with the discovery of new...

just last week i questioned the strict preference for wood used in building longboards. I thought I could cheat the system and make a board core out of cheaper, more readily available lumber. So,...

Androids have long been the holy grail of sci-fi, and it seems like we’re one step closer to achieving our space race era dreams. NASA ushered in this new age of space exploration with...

I spent the Sunday previous, as I’m sure many of you did, watching videos on fractal shapes, the creation of non-Euclidean planes from both beads and balloons as well as the mathematical process of...

An interesting experiment was published by the School of Veterinary Sciences in Bristol, U.K.. The paper involves a common, misunderstood and oft-undervalued animal. The experiment asked the question: Do chickens feel? The lowly chicken is...

The search engine revolution of the mid-90s gave us the power to sift through pages and pages of information at unheard of speeds, but increasingly there is a need for more and better means...

Art, especially literature, is filled with the inner battles of the human psyche — it defines our fears, hopes, underlines our strange uniqueness in the animal kingdom. It makes us feel as though we...