Evolution Diary

VATICAN CITY — Scientists advising Pope Benedict XVI have told him that they’ll study scientific insights into evolution, reflecting the pope’s special interest in the subject. (…)

For humans, the eyes are more than just windows to the outside world. They are also portals inward, providing others with glimpses into our inner thoughts and feelings. (…)

Current global warming has already caused extinctions in the world’s most sensitive habitats and will continue to cause more species to go extinct over the next 50 to 100 years says a new study published in Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics by a University of Texas at Austin biologist. (…)