Last Monday, on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Russian tech capitalist Yuri Milner—who was joined by SETI Institute founder Frank Drake, physicist Stephen Hawking, and astronomer Martin Rees—announced that he would be... Read More

It doesn’t matter how many works of Ayn Rand you throw at communicable diseases—they will always be communist by nature. For decades, advancements in modern medicine have been slowly chipping away at some of humanity’s... Read More

Humans and chimpanzees share almost 99 percent of their DNA. Chimpanzees demonstrate purposeful communication, understanding of symbols, imagination, and even humor. Like humans, chimpanzees are autonomous and self-determining beings. They recall their past and anticipate... Read More

According to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, species change gradually over long periods of time until eventually a new species is formed. Sometimes, social change and acceptance can feel just as slow... Read More

Charles Darwin, in the last paragraph of the introductory chapter to his magnum opus On the Origin of Species, wrote: No one ought to feel surprise at much remaining as yet unexplained in regard to... Read More

On November 10 author Dan Brown delivered the Penguin Annual Lecture in New Dehli, India, and again two days later in Mumbai. Known internationally for his controversial books, Brown gave a speech that was no... Read More

Ever since John Scopes' last stand, it seems creationists have been on the run. Frequently portrayed as flat-earth-believing science deniers, they’ve been forced into the academic shadows, fearful of a carpet-bombing by Richard Dawkins if... Read More