Explaining how anxiety helped our species to survive and thrive—essentially, a naturally evolved defensive response that can get triggered too easily—provides vital context and a more positive outlook ...

Evolution is a fact of life. So much so that even the theory of evolution is evolving. Lately, a centuries-old discredited idea has been making a strong comeback. It helps us explain scientific ...

Why is it so important to teach evolution? After all, many questions in biology can be answered without mentioning evolution: How do birds fly? How can certain plants grow in the desert? Why do ...

To teach biology without explaining evolution deprives students of a powerful concept that brings great order and coherence to our understanding of life. The teaching of evolution also has great ...