19+ hour, 5+ min ago  (760+ words) It is easy to forget how improbable you are. Four billion years ago, Earth was a barren planet. Its oceans contained simple carbon-based chemicals, but nothing that could grow or adapt. Then, somehow, chemistry performed a remarkable trick: a molecule…...

4+ week, 16+ hour ago  (817+ words) What's more important: intimacy or sex? An evolutionary biologist knows'The Times What's more important: intimacy or sex? An evolutionary biologist knows After your parents have explained the birds and the bees to you, sex begins to make sense. Like all…...