Some science journals that claim to peer review papers do not do so
WHETHER to get a promotion or merely a foot in the door, academics have long known that they must publish papers, typically the…
Scratches on a stone may evince Neanderthal creative urges
The scratches on this flake of flint may not look much but they were made with deliberation by a Neanderthal man or woman. That…
An ancient virus may promote addiction in modern people
PRECISELY what the retrovirus now known as HERV-K HML-2 (HK2) did 30m years ago, when it first infected some primates whose descendants…
A history of big-headedness
“HOW the human got his brain” is probably the most important “Just So” story that Rudyard Kipling never wrote. Kipling…