Research Articles
The Evolution of Teaching Evolution: From Classroom Controversy to Scientific Consensus
Explore the century-long journey of evolution education from the Scopes Trial to modern pedagogical approaches, examining legal battles, teaching strategies, and global perspectives.
The Romantic Grandeur of That View of Life: Where Evolutionary Biology Meets Human Wonder
Exploring the convergence of Darwin's evolutionary theory and Romanticism, and how modern science reveals the poetry in nature's processes.
Evolution's Learning Algorithm: How Life Gets Better at Evolving
Explore the revolutionary concept of evolvability - how evolution can tune its own creative potential and develop what appears to be evolutionary foresight.
The Secret Strategies of Life: How Game Theory Shapes Evolution
Explore how evolutionary game theory explains animal behavior, from bird battles to bacterial warfare, through the mathematics of survival and reproduction.
Without Miracles: Universal Selection Theory and the Second Darwinian Revolution
Explore how universal selection theory extends Darwinian principles beyond biology to explain adaptive complexity in our world without miraculous intervention.
The Marvelous March Toward Complexity: How Evolution Builds Sophistication From Simplicity
Explore how complexity emerges in evolution through genetic innovation, natural selection, and self-organization. Discover the mechanisms behind nature's sophisticated designs.
Unlocking Nature's Invention: The Evolutionary Innovations That Shape Our World
Explore the fascinating world of evolutionary innovation and novelty, from key concepts to groundbreaking experiments that reveal how nature invents new traits.
The Evolving Framework: How Breakthroughs Are Reshaping Evolutionary Theory
Exploring how cutting-edge experiments are rebuilding evolutionary theory's foundations with profound implications for medicine, ecology, and artificial intelligence.
Evolution Triumphant: How Darwin's Finches Rewrote the Book of Life
Explore how Darwin's finches from the Galápagos Islands revolutionized our understanding of evolution through natural selection at the American Museum of Natural History exhibit.
The Mosaic of Life: Teaching Evolution Through Multiple Lenses
A pluralistic approach to teaching evolution that integrates genetics, paleontology, anthropology and modern discoveries to enhance understanding and acceptance.