It seems you can’t turn on a television, listen to the radio, or read a newspaper without receiving regular updates about the ever-increasing death toll in West Africa from the Ebola virus. With its dramatic... Read More

John Shelby Spong, retired bishop of the Episcopal Church from New Jersey, once stated: I look at the twentieth century, which in many ways was a secular humanist century… in that very century, the emancipation... Read More

Humans’ ability to create tools that make it easier to survive is one of several characteristics that distinguish us from most other animals that inhabit this planet. Of course, inventors and corporations don’t focus solely... Read More

This article is part of Carl Coon’s “A Short History of Evolution” series. Click here to see all the articles in this series. Recapitulation The last several chapters brought our narrative up to the present.... Read More

This article is part of Carl Coon’s “A Short History of Evolution” series. Click here to see all the articles in this series. Our “short history” outlines the case for the scientific view that life... Read More

This article is part of Carl Coon’s “A Short History of Evolution” series. Click here to see all the articles in this series. When you graph global energy consumption over the last thousand years you... Read More

This article is part of Carl Coon's "A Short History of Evolution" series. Click here to see all the articles in this series. When a society grows it becomes more complicated; the attitudes and institutions... Read More