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The Eugenics Movement in Retrospect
Despite warnings by biologists and geneticists, eminent individuals and venerable institutions helped promote a false theory that led to sterilizations and genocide.
Civilizing Social Media
Strategies for depolarizing political discourse
Enslavement and the Environment
A case study: eighteenth-century Dominica
The Evolving Narrative of How Everything Began
To understand the origins of our universe, we must be prepared to undertake a risky journey.
The End of Everything
We know the beginning, but what happens to the universe at the end of the story?
Early Life on Earth
Fossilized cell remnants in 3.4 billion-year-old bedrock are from primitive microbes.
Pumping Above Their Weight
Frog hoppers piercing plants with their mouthparts produce negative pressures exceeding a megapascal.
Origin of Mandarin Oranges
An Okinawa citrus species arose two million years ago when the Ryukyu archipelago disconnected from Asia.
An Exomoon in the Making
Astronomers have detected a disk around a planet outside our Solar System for the first time.
Voracious Evolution
Discoveries of more complete remains of cartilagenous fishes have shed new light on the prehistory of sharks and their relatives.
Sociable Killers
New studies of the white shark (aka great white) show that its social life and hunting strategies are complex
Sharks: Man-Eaters and Others
With suggestions that Americans turn to economic account some of the smaller species of the Atlantic Coast
The Antiquity of Man in America
Objects of human manufacture recently found in the Southwest
My Life as a Naturalist
With a presentation of various first-hand data on the life histories and habits of the big game animals of Africa.
“Robinson Crusoe’s Children”
The Strange Story of Nine English Mutineers Who Took Up Their Abode With Their Native Tahitian Wives, on a Desert Island in the South Seas.
Fossil Discoveries in Downtown San Diego
A mammoth tusk is discovered during an excavation for a new building
Evolution of the First Flowers
Florida Museum of Natural History Study Provides New Insight.
Dinosaur Hunting
The badlands of southeastern Utah, home to part of the
dinosaur-rich layer of rocks called the Morrison Formation
Nature.net
Rad Toys
Science toys you can build or buy for you and the other kids in your life.
Best Things in Life
Where to find Natural History archives and other free stuff
The Third R
With the spotlight on ’rithmetic, there are now free online sites where you can practice your math skills.
Pain in the Knee
Alternatives to surgery for treating joint pain from arthritis
