Antibiotic resistance: Evolution in action?
Why are man-made pills increasingly ineffective in the battle against infections?
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No evolution in pollution: killifish survivors are ‘losers’
Killifish have been found living in polluted rivers with levels of industrial toxins 8,000 times the lethal dose.
Lasting impressions
A smelly creature leaves the senses reeling, but is another example of the Creator’s genius.
Squid do fly!
The old seafarers’ tales should not have been dismissed. Many species of squid can, and do, fly.
Junk DNA (again)
Cannibal deer!
Deer show us that nearly any animal could become a carnivore … under the right conditions.
Nebraskan deer mice—evolution’s latest ‘icon’?
A colour mutation that camouflages deer mice against a sandy background is a great example of natural selection.
Having your cake, and eating it
Evolution is often claimed to explain something and its opposite, so it certainly should not be called science, rather an unfalsifiable ideology!
Bird of paradise flower pigment surprise
What’s an ‘animal-only’ pigment doing in plants?
Pollen problem
Dinosaur dioramas in museums and children’s books on dinosaurs should now include flowers.
How geckos become unstuck
Geckos stick to surfaces with tiny hairs that attract by van der Waals forces, and come unstuck by controlling angle of the hairs and springy curved toes.
“Microstructural architecture” of feathers makes them tough
Electron microscope unlocks the amazing design of the structures that makes avian flight possible.