One of the upsides of the recession is the impending end of the era of male dominance. Men who are more manly than their sex due to culturally-ascribed social norms of gender have been running the world for the longest time. Male dominance has had its supreme reign. Now, hard times bring about the death [...]

A new research asserts that ‘once a gene has morphed into its current state, the road back gets blocked’ which means that evolution marches on irreversibly with nary a step back.
Evolution entails bridge-burning, so to speak. The study, featured in the September 24 issue of the journal Nature, reveals ‘that over long time scales certain [...]

It is but logical to think that man’s evolutionary history has given rise to a definitive evolutionary form of social behavior. According to Samuel Bowles of the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, the aspect of altruism may have likewise sprung from the eons of tribal warfare as the concept and act of personal sacrifice has become a [...]

The Edge Foundation garnered some pretty unthinkable ideas from the scientists, authors, futurists, journalists and other offbeat thinkers to whom it asked the questions: “What will change everything?” and “What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see?” Admittedly, the ideas that came up were more than thought-provoking; they sounded scary.
Juan [...]