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by Marcel Bertsch-Gout There are places in alberta, canada, where dredged-up mud spans the horizon as far as the eye can see. Puddles of unidentified surface moisture nest

by Jeremy Wagner

by Alisa Owens More than two centuries after the coal soot that caused carcinoma among chimney sweeps became the first identified occupational carcinogen, cancer remains a leading cause

photographs by Annie Macdonald Red Tide is the common name for algal blooms, which occur when certain algae rapidly accumulate and form dense patches near the water’s surface.

Scientific findings have had a powerful effect on the evolution of social norms and gender rights. In the 1800’s scientists cited women’s smaller craniums and “delicate brain

“People have an idea of what scientists are like, and how scientists are supposed to act, and how scientists are supposed to convey information,” said Dr. Jeremy

Many scientists have been wary about using evolution to study human nature. But not Randy Thornhill. Author of The Evolutionary Biology of Human Female Sexuality and A