The Problems of Evolution as a “March of Progress”
The idea that evolution is a hierarchy of complexity with humans on top lurks in everything from biology classes to politics. It’s time to unlearn this false and harmful view.
A Compelling Theory to Explain a Key Trait of Modern Humans
Paleoanthropologist Curtis Marean explains what propelled H. sapiens to leave Africa about 70,000 years ago and colonise every part of the world, replacing other existing hominin populations.
Demystifying Artificial Intelligence – Part III
Tech companies in a race for profit seek unbridled development of generative AI, unmindful of the potentially far-reaching economic, social and political fallout. The field is calling out for precautionary regulation but the world is moving too slowly.
Campesinos as Scientists
On PROINPA, a grassroots campesino organization in Venezuela promoting food sovereignty, endogenous seed production, and an agroecological transition.
Quantum Physics Isn’t as Weird as You Think. It’s Weirder
Quantum physics’ oddities seem less surprising if you stop thinking of atoms as tennis balls, and instead more like waves pushing through water.
Revolutions Begin With ‘No’. And This Journey Starts with Asking Questions
It has never been easy to ask questions in human history. Those who have questioned have been persecuted, hounded, punished and even killed. Science has progressed because of the courage people had to say no. Philosophical movements and religions, too, began with questioning.
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Dark History: How the U.S. Experimented on its Own People
For years, government-related institutes have experimented on their own citizens, mainly minorities, to serve their own interests. Infamous and not entirely disclosed, here are some of the most unethical operations done by the US on its own people and soil.
Science and Imperialism: Scientists as Workers for Peace
It is necessary to broaden the objectives of science and to search for a way to root it in the masses of people. It is also necessary for scientists to rededicate themselves to the movement for peace. It is in this process that science can liberate itself from the narrow confines of imperialism and truly realise its relationship with freedom.
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The Dangers of GM Crops – Two Articles
‘Shocking Corruption and Violation of Ethics in Regulatory Work Concerning GM Crops’; and: ‘Turning Healthy Food into Disease Causing Food—The Case of GM Corn’.
Nuclear Fusion: Eternal Energy = Eternal Damnation
Last year, the US announced a “breakthrough” in developing an alternative to fission. The announcement was soon debunked. Unfortunately, most of those who criticized fusion missed one of its most serious dangers – that discovering a source of limitless cheap energy would doom humanity’s future rather than enhance it.