Fundamentals of Genetic Diversity and Heredity
Each of us carries the history of our ancestors in our genes. Our character traits, eye color, or predisposition to certain diseases are linked to what we have inherited fr...
Different States of Matter
We are used to thinking of matter as something understandable and obvious: stone is solid, water is liquid, air is gas. But in reality, the world is much more complex. Mode...
The Unobvious Connection Between Game Theory and Evolution
Why do animals sometimes fight to the death for resources, while other times they prefer to avoid conflict or even help each other? To answer this question, scientists use ...
How Humanity Learned to Understand the Universe
The history of physics is a long journey from the first guesses about the movement of celestial bodies to the construction of a coherent picture. At the dawn of civilizatio...
Natural Giants and Forces Shaping the Earth
Even though Earth looks calm and unchanging from space, it’s alive and breathing to the rhythm of its own processes. Wind, water, ice, and tectonic forces are constan...