The pattern of evolutionary stasis dominates the history of life on Earth. Viewing evolution through a systems lens might enable us not only to better understand evolutionary stasis, but also to predict how organisms change when their stable state is disrupted.
Abolishing the livestock industry and replacing it with vast new forests could achieve more than electrifying the entire transport sector. It would be easier and quicker to accomplish because it requires no new technologies or dramatic infrastructural changes.
The world is ill-prepared for the global crash in children being born, say researchers. Falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century. And 23 nations are expected to see their populations halve.
New estimates and calculations suggest that there are even more Earth-like planets and ocean worlds in our galaxy than previously known, according to new research published this week.
It is not at all clear that creating a science of history is actually a good thing. But what’s certainly dangerous is letting one particular perspective on what it means to study something scientifically take centre-stage in debating the issue.
According to a study, for 2 to 3 billion years after Venus formed, the planet could have maintained a habitable environment. Then a massive runaway Greenhouse Effect caused Venus’s atmosphere to become incredibly dense and hot.
