The Creation Simulation: The mega-project Spore encompasses almost every aspect of science. So why does it resemble intelligent design? By Margaret Robertson.
Gaming on the Shoulders of Giants: Video games are reshaping how we perform and promote science. By Abbie Morgan and Lee Billings.
The Seed Salon: Jill Tarter and Will Wright: The astrobiologist and the game developer discuss model-making, the singularity, and the value of scientific revolutions.
How We Evolve: New research suggests that culture might provoke natural selection, countering years of anthropological thought. By Benjamin Phelan.
In Defense of Difference: Scientists connect cultural and biological extinctions, offering a new vision for conservation. By Maywa Montenegro and Terry Glavin.
The Trouble with Biodiversity: Life is more varied near the equator. But making sense of that has confounded biologists for 200 years. By Rob Dunn.
A team of physicists in Vienna has devised experiments that may answer one of the enduring riddles of science: Do we create the world just by looking at it?
Humanity's rapidly increasing appetite for meat is fast becoming a matter of global consequence. Paul Roberts on the science, and morality, of our planet's modern palate.
Genes provide only the basic blueprints for our teeth. Shapes and sizes arise from the predictable interaction of molecules that live in the jaw itself.
